Makmum Prayer Maghrib Allegedly Stressed, After The First Takbir Imam Was Driven, His Face Was Hit

Capture the CCTV footage of the mosque's imam beating at Pondok Gede Bekasi

JAKARTA - The imam of the Arrahman Mosque, Pondok Gede, Bekasi, West Java became a victim of beatings by unknown people. The incident occurred while the victim was leading the Maghrib prayer, Thursday, December 1.

The account @bekasi_24_jam uploaded the video recording of the beating to Instagram. It appears that the perpetrator was standing at the first time at Makmum, behind the priest (victim).

The perpetrator, who was wearing brown batik combined with black pair pants, had followed several movements of the priest. After the first takbir, and during the reading of the prayer, suddenly the perpetrator pushed the priest around the wall. The perpetrator threw a blow at the priest's face.

Another Makmum who witnessed the beating immediately canceled the prayers and rushed to secure the perpetrators.

Bekasi Metro Police Chief, Kombes Hengki confirmed the incident. Now the perpetrator has been arrested by his side.

"The perpetrator has been arrested, his initials are S," said Hengki when confirmed by Voi, Friday, December 2.

Hengki revealed that based on information from his family, the perpetrator was experiencing severe depression. However, for the problems he experienced, Hengki admitted that he did not know about it.

"If the information from the family is depressed, there are many problems. (What is the problem) I want to slide to the Pondok Gede Police," he concluded.