62-Year-Old Grandfather In Probolinggo Hacked By Unknown To Death

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PROBOLINGGO - A 62-year-old grandfather, a resident of Krajan Hamlet, Besuk Village, Bantaran District, Probolinggo Regency, East Java, died after being stabbed by an unknown person, on Wednesday, June 12 evening.

The victim was stabbed while sitting in the side alley of his house. Despite acting alone, the perpetrator was able to kill the victim in a short time.

Information gathered was that the stabbing victim was named Spatap (62). He was killed by the perpetrator at around 18.00 WIB or after the call to prayer Maghrib. At that time, it was reported that the victim had just returned home looking for grass in the rice fields.

The victim's child, Suryati (35), revealed that when the incident occurred, she was cooking rice. Suddenly there was a scream from the side alley of the house.

"When I wanted to come to the scene, I saw a man running towards the north. I was chasing him, but I stopped because my mother screamed," explained Suryati.

Suryati said that the perpetrator fled with a sickle. The characteristics of the perpetrator are thin and wearing green clothes. "I saw that the perpetrator was about 30 years old," he said.

The incident was then reported to the Bantaran Police. Bantaran Police officers together with the Probolinggo Police Inafis team immediately went to the location, and conducted a crime scene investigation.

From the crime scene, it is known that the victim suffered several stab wounds on his body, namely on the left face, and on the left wrist. The victim's body was then taken to the morgue of Dr Mohammad Saleh Hospital for an autopsy.

The Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Probolinggo Police, Iptu Putra Adi Fajar Winarsa, confirmed that the victim died because he was suspected of being abused with a sharp weapon. Putra said that his party was conducting an investigation into the incident.

"Initial information that the victim was stabbed while sitting beside his house, wearing a sharp object. Judging from the stab wound on the victim's body, we are still investigating this incident," explained Putra.