2 Street Vendors In Pusong Lhokseumawe Reservoir Burned Allegedly Using Molotov Bombs, 3 Witnesses Examined By Police

Police line bands at the location of the fire are suspected to be due to Molotov cocktails in the Pusong Reservoir area, Banda Sakti District, Lhokseumawe City/ANTARA

The investigation team of the Lhokseumawe Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Aceh, examined three witnesses related to the alleged Molotov cocktail which scorched two stalls of street vendors in Pusong Reservoir, Lhokseumawe City. "There are three witnesses examined by investigators. The three are local residents. The examination is to collect data and information related to Molotov cocktails at street vendors in Pusong Reservoir," said Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit AKP Zeska Julian Taruna Wijaya in Lhokseumawe, Antara, Wednesday, February 1. The statements of the three witnesses were to reveal the motives and perpetrators who threw Molotov cocktails at street vendors in Pusong Reservoir. In addition to examining three witnesses, the Lhokseumawe Police Forensic Laboratory team also visited the location to identify whether it was true that street vendors were burned with Molotov cocktails or not. The results of initial identification in the field found broken bottles around the stalls of street vendors that caught fire. However, it is not certain whether the broken bottles were Molotov cocktails or bottles during the fire. "So far, we are not aware of the motive related to the case and are still waiting for the results of the forensic laboratory on Thursday (2/3)," said Zeska Julian. Previously, two stalls of street vendors belonging to residents in the Pusong Reservoir area, Banda Sakti District, Lhokseumawe City were burned with Molotov cocktails by an unknown person, Friday (24/2) at around 05.20 WIB.