PRINGSEWU - A man in Pringsewu Regency, Lampung died covered in blood after being stabbed by his neighbor. The victim died covered in blood with 11 stab wounds from a sharp weapon. The perpetrator had the heart to kill his neighbor because he was angry with the victim who often revved his motorbike with a noisy exhaust next to the perpetrator's room.
Ferry Handika, a resident of Wates Selatan Village, Gadingrejo District, Pringsewu Regency, Lampung died after being stabbed with a sharp weapon by his own neighbor.
The stabbing incident of the 34-year-old man occurred in the area of the Ibnu Mubarak Islamic Boarding School, Wates Selatan Village, Gadingrejo, Pringsewu last Friday at around 16.00 WIB.
In an amateur video recording from a resident's cellphone, the victim was lying covered in blood inside the mosque in the Ibnu Mubarak Islamic Boarding School area.
After the incident, local residents tried to provide assistance by taking the victim to the hospital, but the victim died on the way to the hospital. The victim died from several stab wounds from sharp weapons.
Meanwhile, Arfan Gunawan (27 years old), the perpetrator of the stabbing of the victim, was arrested by the police several hours after the incident. The perpetrator is known to be a security guard at the Ibnu Mubarak Islamic Boarding School, Gading Rejo, Pringsewu.
When questioned by investigators at the Gading Rejo Police, Pringsewu, the perpetrator admitted to his actions that had killed his own neighbor.
The perpetrator admitted to being annoyed and emotional with the victim who often revved his motorbike with a loud exhaust next to his room.
Before carrying out the stabbing, the perpetrator had reprimanded the victim, but was ignored. The victim even revved his motorbike to the point of provoking the perpetrator's emotions.
Arfan said that when the victim revved his motorbike next to his room, his child was sick. "Rushing the motorbike near the room, my child is sick. Often crying because he is three months old," said Arfan when questioned by investigators, Monday, July 29.
According to Arfan, he had previously reported the victim's behavior of often revving his motorbike to his family because he was worried that something unwanted would happen. "I was disturbed, I made a mistake, I stabbed him," said Arfan.
Arfan said he stabbed the victim with a kitchen knife that he bought to be used to cut sacrificial animals on Eid al-Adha in 2023.
"The kitchen knife, the sharp weapon, I previously bought for the sacrificial knife for Eid al-Adha last year," said Arfan.
Arfan admitted that he did not have a grudge against the victim, he was inflamed by the victim's frequent revving of his motorbike. "It's just because he did it too often (revving his motorbike). If I had a grudge, I would have finished him off from the start," said the perpetrator.
Gadingrejo Police Chief AKP Hasbulloh said the victim died from 11 stab wounds from a sharp weapon. "The victim died on the way to the hospital. The victim died with 11 stab wounds from a sharp weapon, a knife, in the chest, hands and feet," said Hasbulloh at the Gadingrejo Police Station, Saturday night.
Hasbulloh explained that at the time of the incident, the victim was peeling coconuts behind his house when the perpetrator approached and immediately attacked the victim with a knife. After being stabbed several times, the victim ran towards the mosque, but the perpetrator continued to chase him. "The perpetrator who was in a frenzy then continued to stab a number of victims' bodies with sharp weapons until they were helpless and covered in blood," explained Hasbulloh.
According to Hasbulloh, the perpetrator's stabbing action only stopped after local residents came and helped the victim. "The residents then took the victim to Mitra Husada Hospital for treatment. However, the victim's life could not be saved," said Hasbulloh.
The perpetrator and evidence of a knife were secured at the Gadingrejo Police for further investigation. The perpetrator was charged with multiple articles. Namely Article 338 of the Criminal Code concerning Murder with a sentence of 15 years in prison. Then Article 351 paragraph (3) concerning Assault resulting in death with a sentence of 7 years in prison.
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