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Navy veteran stabbed to death in South Jakarta
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An 83-year-old Navy veteran, identified as Hunaedi, died of stab wounds after being attacked at his house in a Navy residential complex in Pondok Labu, South Jakarta. (Shutterstock/-)
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n 83-year-old Navy veteran, identified as Hunaedi, died of stab wounds after being attacked at his house in a Navy residential complex in Pondok Labu, South Jakarta.
“We found three stab wounds,” South Jakarta Police chief Sr. Comr. Indra Jafar said on Thursday night.
Indra said that Hunaedi’s wife was in her bedroom at the time of the attack.
“When she opened the bedroom door, the wife saw Hunaedi struggling against the killers,” Indra said.
The attackers entered the house and began to fight with Hunaedi at around 6 p.m., according to witness accounts.
“The fight started on the porch, the murder occurred in the living room,” Indra said.
Hunaedi’s neighbor, Evi, said there were two attackers who immediately fled the scene after the murder.
Quoting the victim's wife, Evi said that a day before the murder, Hunaedi had posted on Facebook that his house was robbed and the perpetrators might have read the post.
“On Wednesday afternoon, Hunaedi’s house were robbed. His pension money, amounting to as much as Rp 3.2 million [US$232.3], was taken by the robbers. Hunaedi later posted a report of the robbery on Facebook,” Indra said as reported by wartakota.tribunnews.com.
Indra said the victim’s wife was still in shock following the incident and could not give a statement.
The police have sealed the house and are using a tracker dog in their investigation. (ami)
