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‘Mama, I love you, miss you’: Last words of murder victim to mother
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Almyanda Saphirra, the mother of Diona Arika Andra Putri, one of the six victims of the fatal home invasion in Pulo Mas, East Jakarta. (tempo.co/Ammy Hetharia)
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iona Arika Andra Putri, one of the six victims of a fatal home invasion in Pulo Mas, East Jakarta, made a telephone call to her mother, who was no longer living in the same house, before the incident occurred on Tuesday.
Almyanda Saphirra, the mother and former wife of Dodi Triono, who also died in the incident, said that her 16-year old daughter told her that she had started to learn sholat, the five-obligatory daily prayers for Muslims.
“Her last words were ‘Mama, I love you, miss you’,” said Almyanda as reported by tempo.co on Wednesday.
During the incident, 11 people were locked inside a small bathroom, with five of them dying there and one other later passing away at the hospital. Asphyxiation is thought to be the cause of their deaths.
(Read also: Police investigating motive behind Pulo Mas murders)
The six victims have been identified as Dodi Triono, the owner of the house; Diona and Dianita Gemma Dzalfayla, Dodi’s daughters; Amel, a friend of one of the children; and Yanto and Tasrok, the family’s drivers.
Almyanda expressed hope that the police would soon find the person who had committed the brutal murder of her daughter and former husband.
The police initially thought the incident was an attempted robbery, but after learning that no valuables in the house had been taken they are now investigating other possible motives. (bbn)
