Cirebon Motorcycle Gang Members Who Persecuted Victims Using Samurai To Death Arrested

Kasatreskrim Cirebon Police AKP Anton (right) interrogates three members of a motorcycle gang in Cirebon, West Java, Wednesday (12/1/2022). ANTARA/Khaerul Izan

CIREBON - The Cirebon City Police (Polresta), West Java, arrested three members of a motorcycle gang who tortured their victims to death.

"We have arrested three suspects, namely SR, R, and DM. We are still pursuing several other people," said Cirebon Police Chief Kombes Arif Budiman in Cirebon, as reported by Antara, Wednesday, January 12.

Arif said the abuse by members of the motorcycle gang was motivated by revenge, where previously one of its members was mistreated.

According to him, the incident resulted in one person being killed and another person injured.

The perpetrators when carrying out the persecution used sharp weapons in the form of sickles, machetes, samurai and several other items.

"The three suspects are members of a motorcycle gang. And this is motivated by revenge among motorcycle gangs," he said. In addition to arresting the three suspects, the Cirebon Police are still pursuing several other motorcycle gang members who are still on the run.

Arif said that from the hands of the suspects his party confiscated several pieces of evidence, such as sharp weapons, victim's clothes, motorbikes, and motorcycle gang flags.

"We apply Article 170 of the Criminal Code, 351 of the Criminal Code, and Article 160 of the Criminal Code, with the threat of imprisonment for a maximum of 12 years in prison," he said.