SEMARANG - Semarang Police Chief, Commissioner Irwan Anwar, said that the shooting of a woman with the initials R (34) who is the wife of an Indonesia Army (TNI) member in Semarang, on Monday, July 18, was thought to have been planned.

According to Irwan, this was based on CCTV footage around the location as well as the perpetrators who deliberately waited for the victim to return home.

The Semarang Police Chief explained that the four perpetrators, who were riding on two motorbikes, were already waiting for the victim at a crossroads not far from his house.

"The perpetrator also used a head covering and a motorcycle without a police number", he said, as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, July 19.

It is suspected that the perpetrator had studied the daily character of the victim.

The motive for the shooting is still being investigated.

According to Commissioner Irwan, during the action, the perpetrator fired one bullet from the top of the motorcycle, before turning around to shoot a second time.

The type of firearm used by the suspect is still under investigation.

Victim R is currently still being treated at the Hermina Banyumanik Hospital, Semarang City, after undergoing surgery to retrieve the bullet projectile lodged in his stomach.

The wife of the TNI member was shot by an unknown person in front of her house, Jalan Cemara III, Banyumanik, Semarang City, Monday, July 18.

The victim suffered a gunshot wound to his stomach. "Two shots, one lodged in the victim's stomach", said Commissioner Irwan.

From the examination of witnesses, the incident occurred when the victim returned home after picking up her child from school.


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