Two Bird Thieves Beaten by Mob, Police Fire Warning Shots

Bird thieves in Duren Sawit was beaten by a mob (doc. Special).

JAKARTA - Two thieves of songbirds were beaten black and blue by a mob on Jalan Arabika, Pondok Kopi Village, Duren Sawit District, East Jakarta, Saturday, November 23, 2024.

Residents managed to catch the perpetrators after they had stolen songbirds. A number of residents who were annoyed by the perpetrators' actions immediately hit the perpetrators' faces and bodies repeatedly.

In fact, the mob's rampage became even more brutal after more residents came to the scene.

One of the perpetrators was also stripped naked by residents because he resisted arrest.

The neighborhood administrators then reported the incident to the Duren Sawit Police.

After finding out about the theft and assault of the perpetrators, members of the Duren Sawit Police Criminal Investigation Unit immediately went to the scene.

In fact, the police were forced to fire warning shots into the air because the mob became increasingly violent in beating the two perpetrators who were already covered in blood.

According to the victim, the bird owner, Abdul Aziz, he discovered the theft of the birds when he heard a loud noise from outside his house. Meanwhile, the victim put his bird cage in the yard.

Bird thieves in Duren Sawit was beaten black and blue by the mob (special doc.).

"Initially I was dismantling the fan, when I was about to close the door I heard a noisy motorbike. I peeked, there were suspicious movements of the perpetrators. Finally I went out to open the door," the victim told reporters, Saturday, November 23, 2024.

Seeing his actions caught by the victim, the perpetrator who was already holding the stolen bird then ran away. The victim shouted at the perpetrator until other residents who heard also chased the perpetrator.

"The perpetrator was already holding the bird. There were two perpetrators. They kept chasing and finally hit someone until they fell. Finally the perpetrators were beaten by the mob," he said.

Luckily, the mob's anger could be quelled after the police arrived at the location. Then the two perpetrators were taken to the Duren Sawit Police along with evidence and the victim of the theft.