Police have arrested a parking attendant as one of several suspects who allegedly ganged up on military personnel following an argument in East Jakarta.
olice have arrested a parking attendant as one of several suspects who allegedly ganged up on military personnel in Cibubur, East Jakarta.
“This morning, we got him at his home when he was still sleeping. We arrested and brought him to the Jakarta Police headquarters,” Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Argo Yuwono said on Wednesday, kompas.com reported.
“The suspect, with the initials AP, got hold of the victim and took part in attacking him,” Argo added.
He said police were still looking for three other suspects.
According to the police account, the assault happened after a navy member, Capt. Komaruddin, and his child had finished fixing his motorbike and were about to eat at a roadside café next to the Arundina minimarket in Cibubur on Monday.
When Komaruddin parked his motorbike, the exhaust emitted fumes, prompting Komaruddin to check the bike’s engine.
Then a parking attendant tried to move Komaruddin’s motorbike without seeing the latter, resulting in Komaruddin’s head colliding with the bike.
“Capt. Komaruddin scolded the parking attendant, but he did not accept it, which led to an argument. Other parking attendants came over and assaulted Capt. Komarudin,” East Jakarta Police chief Sr. Comr. Yoyon Tony said on Tuesday.
He added that another army member, First Pvt. Rivonanda, had passed by and tried to stop the fight, only to be assaulted himself by the group of seven to nine people.
On Tuesday night, a mob, suspected to be military personnel unsatisfied with the police handling of the assault, ravaged and set fire to the Ciracas Police station in East Jakarta. (ami)
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