Suspect Of Mutilating 11-year-old Boy In East Lampung Arrested, Motive Still Being Investigated

Illustration of mutilation case. (Unsplash)

JAKARTA - The suspect in the mutilation of an 11-year-old boy in Subing Jaya Hamlet, Rajabasa Lama Village, has been arrested by officers from the Labuhan Ratu Sector Police, East Lampung Police. The police arrested the suspect with the initials HA with the help of residents, Wednesday, March 2.

East Lampung Police Chief, AKBP Zaky Alkazar Nasution, said the suspect was arrested not far from the scene. "Approximately 100 meters from the scene", he said, as quoted by Antara, Thursday, March 3.

HA was arrested because he was suspected of having murdered an 11-year-old (RP). He killed the victim by mutilating his head and toes.

"When the mutilation victim was about to be evacuated, suddenly residents saw a man coming out of the field carrying a knife belonging to the victim. Then residents immediately suspected the man as the perpetrator of the mutilation and immediately made an arrest effort together with members of the Labuhan Ratu Police", said the Chief of Police.

The suspect is now at the East Lampung Police for further development. Meanwhile, the victim's body is at the Sukadana Hospital, where identification is being carried out.

"We are still developing it, to find out the motive of the suspect", he said.

Chronology of Incident

This murder incident occurred on March 2, 2022, at around 04.00 WIB. At that time, the victim went to the field to collect durian. Arriving at the field, the victim met a colleague named Tama.

"When they met in the fields, the two were separated because they were in different fields", he said.

Zaky said after the two were separated and at around 04.30 WIB, the victim's colleague heard a scream for help coming from the victim's direction.

"The victim's colleagues then did not look for the source of the sound because it was dark", he said again.

At around 06.00 WIB, when the victim's colleague was about to return to his house in the middle of the trip, he noticed that there were bloodstains in the field where he passed.

The victim's colleague traced the blood and found a big toe lying in the field.

"Not far from the discovery of the big toe he found a corpse without a head", he said.

Zaky added that when he saw the corpse, he immediately ran to the village and informed the residents. Not long after, residents reported the incident to the Labuhan Ratu Police.

According to Zaky, at around 09.00 WIB, the East Lampung Police of Automatic Finger Print Identification System Team arrived at the scene to identify the victim of the mutilation.