Delivered By His Family, A Man In South Sumatra Surrenders To The Police After Killing His Friend

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JAKARTA - A man with the initials YD surrendered himself after slashing his friend to death. YD surrendered to the police station accompanied by his family.

YD is a resident of Karang Lantang Village, Ogan Komering Ulu (OKU) Regency, South Sumatra (Sumsel). He became a suspect in the murder of a man named Tarmizi (28).

"Yesterday the perpetrator, accompanied by his family, surrendered himself to the Pengandonan Police," said OKU Police Chief AKBP Arif Hidayat Ritonga represented by the Head of Criminal Investigation Unit, AKP Priyatno, in Baturaja, Saturday, January 2.

Priyatno explained, based on YD's statement, the murder incident took place when the perpetrator caught the victim who was trying to steal his rubber sap in the Keban Agung Village area on Wednesday at around 20.00 WIB.

"The perpetrator who knew the victim had warned him, but was attacked by a sharp weapon," he also said.

Receiving the attack, the perpetrator pulled out a machete and slashed the victim's left waist and neck to death at the scene of the crime.

"After stabbing the victim, the perpetrator was frightened and went home before turning himself in to the police," he said.

Currently, the OKU Police Inafis Team has conducted the crime scene (TKP) and identified the body for the investigation process. "We have secured the perpetrator and the victim has been taken to the local hospital for post mortem," he said.