TNI Officers Gone While Riding Bicycles, Police Intervened

The victim of mugging while cycling in the West Medan Merdeka area (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - A TNI officer was mugged while cycling on Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat, Central Jakarta, Monday, October 26. The police immediately stepped in to hunt down the perpetrators.

"Yes, it is true (there were mugging of cyclists), we are currently conducting an investigation," said Central Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Kompol Kadek Budiarta, when contacted, reported by Antara.

As for the bicycle mugging action took place in the morning at around 06.45 WIB opposite the Indonesian Ministry of Defense Building.

Based on the information gathered, the TNI officers who became victims came from the Marine Corps. The police are still hunting for the perpetrator who injured the TNI officer.

"Currently we are still conducting searches, hopefully they will be caught soon," said Budi.

Pangestu Widiatmoko's mugging experience was widely discussed on social media Instagram @jurnalisupdate.

In the video uploaded by @jurnalisupdate, the victim can be seen sitting on the road and suffering a head injury due to the incident.

In the last few weeks, mugging cases targeting cyclists, especially on protocol roads, have been rampant.

The Central Jakarta Metro Police is committed to forming security personnel tasked with guarding the routes traversed by cyclists in order to avoid similar incidents.

"We spread out at several member points on the protocol roads, at Sudirman and MH Thamrin. Approximately 20 people were included in the special anti-jambret team," said Deputy Chief of Central Jakarta Metro Police AKBP Heri Ompusunggu when met at the Central Jakarta Metro Police. , Friday, October 23.