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View all search resultsIndonesia retrieves body of embassy staff killed in Peru
The body of Zetro Leonardo Putra, an Indonesian embassy official who was fatally shot in Peru last week, is expected to arrive in Jakarta on Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry has said, as Peruvian authorities completed the autopsy.
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An illustration of a bullet casing at a crime scene. (Shutterstock/Sophon Nawit)
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he body of Zetro Leonardo Putra, an Indonesian embassy official who was fatally shot in Peru last week, is expected to arrive in Jakarta on Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry said, as Peruvian authorities completed the autopsy.
Pressure is mounting in Indonesia for better protection for its diplomatic staff as Peruvian investigators near the end of their probe into the suspected targeted attack on Zetro.
“The Peruvian police have completed [Zetro’s] autopsy, and arrangements for repatriating his body are underway,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Vahd Nabyl Achmad Mulachela said in a video statement on Sunday. “If all goes smoothly, the deceased is expected to arrive in Indonesia on Sept. 9.”
Public attention has continued to swell over the death of Zetro, the chancery staff who was shot three times on Sept. 1 while cycling in Lince district just a few meters from his apartment.
CCTV showed Zetro being shot three times before his assailant fled the scene with an accomplice on motorcycle. Zetro was taken to a nearby clinic and was pronounced dead shortly after.
Peruvian authorities, who swiftly launched an investigation following a request for “special attention” from their Indonesian counterparts, have indicated that foul play was involved in the case. Peru Interior Minister Carlos Malaver described it as a “qualified homicide in the form of contract killing” last week.
Statements from Peruvian police, as well as reports from local media throughout the investigation have raised several strong yet unconfirmed theories about the motives behind the homicide, with Peru National Police chief David Guivar pointing to revenge as a likely element in the case.
