Offended By The Insinuation Of 'How Handsome Is This Time', A Trader In Siak Riau Smacked His Kos Friends

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PEKANBARU - Misunderstanding with jokes can be fatal. A trader in Siak, Riau, hacked a boarding house friend because he was offended by being insinuated.

"Between the perpetrators and the victims, they did not know each other but were in a boarding house. So the perpetrators and victims are mobile traders, ”said Siak Police Chief AKBP Gunar Rahadiyanto when contacted by VOI, Friday, January 22.

The perpetrator with the initials K did not accept that he felt insinuated and then stabbed the victim twice on December 15, 2020. The perpetrator had already prepared a machete and was following the victim S.

"3 days before the incident, the victim had joked. The victim saw the perpetrator wearing a neat shirt and was reprimanded "how handsome are you going where do you go?" Said the victim, "continued AKBP Gunar.

Three days after the joke, which was considered a satire, the perpetrator followed the victim with a sharp weapon and stabbed the victim on Jalan Koto Gasib, Siak. The victim's friend was also attacked by the perpetrator but managed to escape from a sharp weapon.

"The reporter, namely the victim's friend, immediately asked for help. Meanwhile, the perpetrator fled using a motorcycle, ”he said.

After being taken to the nearest puskesmas, victim S's life was not saved. The police who received the report of this incident conducted an investigation until they finally managed to arrest the perpetrator on January 18.

The perpetrator was charged under Article 340 of the Criminal Code, a subsidiary of Article 338 of the Criminal Code. Now the perpetrator with the initials K is detained at the Siak Police Headquarters.

"When arrested the perpetrator also injured his head. He admits that he also fought with traders, "said AKBP Gunar.