Police Arrest Suspect Of Murder Of Warung Sate Owner In Bekasi

JAKARTA - The Bekasi City Metro Police have arrested the suspect who killed the owner of a satay stall in the Medan Satria area, Bekasi City, West Java.

"The perpetrator has been arrested," said Bekasi Metro Police Chief Kombes Dani Hamdani as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, June 30.

Dani explained that the victim with the initials WCP (42) was found dead on Thursday (29/6) at 10.00 WIB at his residence on Jalan Raya Pejuang Blok C, Pejuang Village, Medan Satria District, Bekasi City.

"The beginning of the incident at 06.00 WIB was a witness, namely the wife of the victim IN (42), and the children of the victims WA and DR performed Eid prayers at the mosque, but the victim did not participate in prayers," he said.

Then after praying at around 07.30 WIB, the victim's child WA saw DR entering the room and took a knife after that DR headed to the victim's room and stabbed the victim in the right back.

"The victim had moved from bed but because he was bleeding so that the victim died, then the officers took the victim to the Kramat Jati Police Hospital for an autopsy," said Dani.

The perpetrator has now been secured along with evidence, namely a mandate knife at the Medan Satria Police, Bekasi.

"The police have also visited the crime scene (TKP), recorded a number of witnesses, and documented the crime scene," he said.