JAKARTA - Two teenagers were beaten badly by a mob on suspicion of stealing a water pump machine at the RW 04 fire site, Kebon Blank Village, Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, Tuesday, January 21.
The teenager without an identity was also not identified by local residents. The two mobs were finally judged by the furious crowd because many reports of losing water pumps during the fire.
The incident began when residents suspected suspicious movements from an unknown teenager.
Residents who gathered on Jalan Kemayoran Gempol shouted at the teenager to stay away from the fire location.
"Wooii what are you doing, move aside or not, pull it out," said a local resident.
However, the residents' screams were ignored by the two teenagers. Annoyed, one of the residents threw stones at the two remakes.
The teenager then walked out of the fire location to Jalan Kemayoran Gempol.
As a result, residents who were furious immediately arrested one of the teenagers and rewarded a raw ball at the teenager's face.
Other provoked residents also rained kicks and punches into the area of the unknown teenager's head and body.
Some residents tried to intervene and took the perpetrators to the police officers.
Not long after, another teenager was picked up by residents from the fire area. No doubt, dozens of residents ganged up on the teenager.
Some residents were provoked and beat the second teenager. Luckily, the teenager was secured from the residents' tantrums.
One resident, Devolta (18) said the two teenagers were suspected of stealing valuables from the fire.
"It's not a resident here, his movements are suspicious too. Just a little bit (steal) and immediately caught by the children here," he said when met at the location.
Devolta said residents were suspicious of unknown people roaming the fire site because there were many reports of losses.
"Yes, in RT01 there are more than 10 pump machines (lost)," he said.
Devolta said that at least 10 unknown people had been arrested by residents because they were suspected of being thieves.
"There were 10 people who saw that they were taking copper. What was secured was 5 people, the rest were told to go," he said.
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