Arrested Against, Perpetrators Of Stabbing Imam Musala In Priok Didor!

Illustration of the shooting using firearms. (Pixabay)

The police shot the perpetrator of the stabbing of his victim the musala priest with the initials MGS (25) on the leg. This police action was because the perpetrator resisted when he was arrested by officers in the Kampung Bahari area, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta (Jakut) on Thursday, May 23.

West Jakarta Metro Police Criminal Investigation Unit Head AKBP Andri Kurniawan said the police had fired warning shots, but the perpetrators ignored it and tried to run away.

"Had fought back, the perpetrator was finally paralyzed by officers," he said in Jakarta, Friday, May 24, as reported by Antara.

After being arrested, said Andri, the police took the perpetrator to the clinic to get treatment for a gunshot wound to his leg.

Investigators are still investigating MGS to find out the motive for the stabbing of the Mushalla priest in the North Kedoya area.

"It's still being investigated, it will be conveyed later when the press releases," he said.

Previously, the police had distributed sketches of the faces of the perpetrators to the public.

According to police information, in accordance with the sketches that were distributed, the perpetrator was under 30 years old, had dark sawo skin, was about 173 centimeters high (cm) and wore a necklace.

The stabbing of Ustadz Saidih who died after being rushed to the hospital took place at the wudhu Mushalla Uswatun Hasanah, North Kedoya, Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta on Thursday, May 16.

"At dawn at the call to prayer, I was on the top floor. Then, there were shouts twice, 'thief thief'. The congregation then went down to the ablution place and it turned out that the victim was bleeding," said a witness at the location, Supriyadi on Thursday, May 16.

Supriyadi said that the victim was stabbed in the right back.