GORONTALO - The North Gorontalo Resort Police (Polres) officially detained a man with the initials IB on suspicion of threatening the village head using a sharp weapon.

"This incident was carried out by IB to village officials and the Head of Cisadane Village, Kwandang District," said North Gorontalo Police Chief AKBP Andik Gunawan through Head of Criminal Investigation Unit AKP Muhammad Arianto, quoted from ANTARA, Wednesday, February 26.

The perpetrator, who is a resident of Cisadane Village, was arrested after the police received a report regarding the threat to use a sharp weapon of the type of sickle.

IB's action against the Head of Cisadane Village, Ismail Amin, was uploaded on Facebook social media on Wednesday, February 19.

According to Arianto, the incident began when the victim was attending a community service in Katialada Village, Kwandang District. At that time, the victim was contacted by someone named Yusuf to ask for the address of the delivery of the ordered wood. The victim directed that the wood be sent to a posyandu in Cisadane Village.

After the community service was completed, the victim headed to the posyandu to wait for the delivery of the wood. Not long after, Yusuf arrived at the location and lowered the wood.

"Suddenly, the IB perpetrator came with a sickle. He scolded the victim and asked for the wood to be removed from the posyandu immediately," said Arianto.

The perpetrator claimed that the land where Posyandu was standing belonged to his late father. However, the victim did not respond and chose to walk out of the posyandu yard.

"At that time, the perpetrator continued to follow the victim, pushing him with the chest and hands holding the sickle. He also pushed the victim's head hard five times," explained Arianto.

In addition, the perpetrator also used his leg to push the victim and swing a sickle at the victim's head while threatening.

"Mo ba bakana dad, kita mom fight with this sharp item nga ayah," kata Arianto menyumitkan kata pelaku dalam bahasa Gorontalo.

The victim was silent while paying attention to the perpetrator who then entered the posyandu yard and damaged the facilities there.

The police who received the report immediately moved quickly to arrest the perpetrators for legal processing.

The perpetrator is suspected of having committed a criminal act of forcing other people with violence or threats of violence as referred to in Article 335 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code.


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