There Was A Terrorist Action At The Police Headquarters, IPW: Strange, Until Now There Have Been No Decisive Actions

Police Headquarters (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) said that the terrorist act at the National Police Headquarters on Wednesday, March 31 was a disgraceful blow to the ranks of the police. It's just that, strangely enough, until now there has been no firm action from the police against those who should be responsible.

"Surprisingly, until now there has been no firm action from the National Police Headquarters regarding which police official is responsible for the breach," said IPW Presidium Chair Neta S. Pane in a written statement on Saturday, April 3.

Up to three days after the terror occurred, no officers or officials had yet been prosecuted. In fact, Neta considered, the terrorists could enter the Police Headquarters environment because of the carelessness of the police ranks themselves.

"IPW sees that the security system built at the National Police Headquarters is actually quite good. But there is no consistency in implementing the security protocol and the guards tend to be careless. So that terrorists are allowed to enter and carry out attacks from within," he said.

Neta also mentioned that this act of terror was a major blow to the new National Police Chief, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo. This is because when the former aide to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) was fond of consolidating with the external police, his headquarters was attacked.

He considered that there should still be an official responsible for the breach of security at the Police Headquarters. Do not let the escape of the terrorists be considered as a matter of course.

Because, this could turn the public into a crisis of trust with the police. "The public will ask, how can the police guard and protect the public from terrorist attacks by not being able to protect their headquarters," he said.

"That is why the National Police needs to consolidate itself and take action against careless officials so that public trust in the National Police will continue to be built," added Neta.

As previously reported, a woman with the initials ZA entered the National Police Headquarters at around 16.30 WIB, Wednesday, March 31. At first he pretended to ask about the position of the Post office.

After that, he returned to the guard post. ZA fired six shots at the officers. Until finally the police gave measured decisive action.

ZA also died as a result of this firm action. His body was then taken to the Kramat Jati Police Hospital, East Jakarta.

It was later stated that he was affiliated with ISIS and was a lone wolf or a person who moved himself in carrying out his actions. The pistol he used when shooting at the police was a 4.5 MM caliber air gun. The type of gun was discovered after the Densus 88 Anti-terror examination results.

"From the observations, the picture of the weapon used by the perpetrator is a 4.5mm BB bullet call," said Head of Public Relations Division of the National Police, Inspector General Argo Yuwono in his statement, Thursday, April 1.

Currently Densus 88 is still investigating the origin of the airgun ZA used when attacking the National Police Headquarters.

"The origin of the weapon is still being investigated. (The search is constrained, red) because the person concerned has died," said Argo.