Students Found Dead Lying On Pekanbaru City Street

Student bodies were found lying on the edge of SM Amin Street, Bina Widya District, Pekanbaru City (ANTARA)

PekanbarU - Pekanbaru City Police (Polresta) officers investigated the death of a student found lying on the edge of SM Amin Street, Bina Widya District, Pekanbaru City, on Thursday morning at around 07.45 WIB.

The head of the Pekanbaru Police Satreskrim Kompol Andrie Setiawan when confirmed explained that the victim came from Damasraya Regency, West Sumatra Province, named Rafi Ari Putra, was first found lying on the side of the road by a resident.

When found, the victim wore a gray t-shirt and black trousers. There were scars on several parts of the man's body. In addition, there were also broken glass and shards such as parts of the motorcycle.

"However, from the TKP (the crime scene) it was found broken car mirrors, other car lights, wallets, sandals, ID cards, Mandiri ATM cards," he explained, quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, May 4.

For the time being, the police have not been able to determine the cause of death of the victim. The victim's body was then taken to the Bhayangkara Hospital of the Riau Police for an autopsy.

"The cause of death is not yet known, while we want to do a post-mortem and autopsy first," said Andrie.

The police have also asked for information from a number of residents who were at the discovery of the corpse to be used as initial information to uncover the death case.

Regarding the alleged cause of death of the student as a victim of a hit-and-run, the police have not been able to conclude. "We will do a post-mortem first," said Commissioner Andrie, not wanting to speculate.