4 People Suspect In Bondet Fish Bombing Case That Killed 2 Pasuruan Residents

PASURUAN - The Pasuruan City Police, East Java, have named four suspects as fabricators and sellers of fish bombs (bondet) that killed two residents, in the Dusun Macan Putih, Pekangkung Village, Gondangwetan District.

Pasuruan City Police Chief AKBP Arman said the four suspects were Abdul Gofar, Mat Sodiq (Abdul Gofar's father), IF (Abdul Gofar's wife), and AR who were also relatives.

"Abdul Gofar died at the time of the explosion," he said, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, September 15.

Gofar's wife was named a suspect because she was proven to be involved in making detonators for fish bombs, since one year ago. Likewise with AR who claimed to have helped produce detonators from two months ago.

"So far, we have determined 4 suspects. Two people died at the scene, and two more, namely IF and AR. IF is the wife of the suspect who has helped make the detonator for the past year, and AR helped in 2 months to make the detonator. detonator assembly," said AKBP Arman.

While making the detonators, the four suspects worked together, especially to hide their activities in assembling fish bombs, so that other neighbors would not know.

"The motive, too, as a classic reason, namely economic matters or to meet the needs of daily life," said AKBP Arman.

Meanwhile, Head of the Labfor Regional Police for East Java, Kombes Sodiq Pratomo, explained that from the results of the crime scene (TKP), it was found that there was a hole that had been the center of the explosion with a diameter of about 50 cm and a depth of about 7 cm.

"We found hundreds of detonator casings made of aluminum with an average length of about 58.2 mm and an average diameter of about 7.2 mm," he said.

Sodiq said that the process of the explosion could technically come from the heat treatment of the explosive mixture filled with the assembled detonator.

Where the source can come from impact, friction, pressure, flame or fall during transfer, shifting from one location to another.

"The type of explosive used as the stuffing for the assembled detonator," said Sodiq.

The suspect is charged with Article 1 paragraph 1 of the Emergency Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 12 of 1951 with the threat of death or life imprisonment or a maximum imprisonment of 20 years.