SEMARANG - Police arrested two burglars in the city of Semarang, Central Java, who injured a woman who was a victim in an incident that occurred on Sunday, April 5, 2026.
The head of the Semarang Police, Brigjen Syahduddi, said that the two suspects, DBS (24) who acted as the motorcycle driver and RIF (25) who acted as the executor in the crime.
He said that from a series of investigations, the two suspects were arrested at different locations and times.
"The suspect DBS was arrested at his house in Demak Regency on Monday (6/4), while RJF was arrested on Tuesday (7/4), while fleeing to Magelang," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, April 8.
The Police Chief explained that the theft accompanied by violence occurred against the victims AH and YH on Halmahera Street, Semarang City, on April 5, 2026.
The victim AH was riding a motorcycle to pick up the victim YH who was going to worship at the church.
While waiting in front of the house, the victim AH was approached by two perpetrators who rode a motorcycle and asked for the victim's valuables.
The victim, YH, who knew about the incident, then tried to help fight the perpetrator who asked for the victim's belongings.
The suspect RJF then injured the victim's face YH with a folding knife before finally fleeing.
In the investigation, said the Police Chief, the two suspects were known to be repeat offenders of similar crimes.
In fact, the suspect RJF is a repeat offender who has been in and out of prison four times with the same case.
For their actions, the two suspects were charged with Article 479 of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code which regulates theft.
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