Investigate Argument Kills 2 Jambi Residents In Bengkulu, Police Arrest 3 Suspected Perpetrators

The crime scene (TKP) of the beatings that caused two residents from Jambi Province to die (6/9/2024). ANTARA/Anggi Mayasari

BENGKULU - The police continue to investigate the motive for the persecution in Teluk Segara Bengkulu District which resulted in the death of two residents from Jambi Province with the initials RZ and WH.

"For the time being, what we got was a commotion and then a fight broke out. When a fight broke out, someone used a knife and fought for each other and a stabbing occurred, resulting in someone dying," said Bengkulu Police Chief Kombes Pol Deddy Nata in Bengkulu City, Friday 6 September, confiscated by Antara.

He said that his party was continuing to investigate the case and had arrested three suspected perpetrators at the scene and confiscated evidence in the form of a knife.

For the temporary chronology, the incident began when victims RZ and RH ordered or made prostitution transactions through the application and agreed to meet female perpetrators in the Kampung Bali area.

However, when he arrived at the scene, the victim felt that the photo of the woman on the application was not the same as the original, so he asked that the money that had been sent be returned.

Atas permintaan tersebut, pelaku menolak dan sehingga menyebabkan terjadinya antara korban dan pelaku perempuan menghubungi teman-temannya sehingga terjadinya pengeroyokan tersebut.

"The two victims who died were friends and this woman was a friend of another group. The motive is related to the request for refund from the deceased victim and the woman," he explained.

Deddy continued, after the beating, the female perpetrator after coming from the location of the beating had an accident and died on the spot.

"One of the perpetrators or those involved in the fight was a woman who then in another incident had an accident and died," he said.

From the results of the examination, the female perpetrator who died was drunk, because from the mouth the perpetrator smelled alcohol.

"Currently, in one fight or case of beating, two people died and in the single accident there was one person who died," he said.