YOGYAKARTA - Yogyakarta City Police are investigating the motive of a man who came to the Yogyakarta Police Headquarters carrying a sharp weapon, a machete. The perpetrator also abused the police.
"He is currently being held at the Polresta Police Headquarters. Investigations are being carried out, the Yogyakarta Police Satreskrim is interrogating him," said Head of Public Relations of the Yogyakarta Police, AKP Timbul Sasana Raharjo, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, June 8.
Timbul explained that a man with the initials K, who is now in custody, arrived in front of the Yogyakarta Police Headquarters at 14.00 WIB.
From outside the yard, the man then beat the iron fence with a sharp weapon in the form of a machete while cursing the police officers who were on guard.
"At that time the position of the gate (Mako Polresta) was half closed," he said.
Knowing the incident, officers tried to secure the 40-year-old man. Although he was able to avoid and walk towards the west of the Polresta, the man was finally arrested. "In this case, no one was hurt at all," he said.
Timbul said that based on a provisional confession, the man was from Tuban, East Java. By walking through Klaten, Central Java, he said he wanted to go somewhere in Yogyakarta.
"He said he wanted to go to an address in Yogyakarta. Incidentally when looking for that address, he found the police station (Mako Polresta Yogyakarta)," he said.
When asked by officers the reason for carrying a machete and cursing at the police, the man gave a statement like hallucinating.
"It's like there are words in his mind to do that. That's his confession," he said.
According to Timbul, apart from a machete, the man came without other items, including an identity card. "Nothing, just clothes attached to the body," he said.
Although the provisional suspicions point to the behavior of people with mental disorders (ODGJ), he emphasized that the police will continue to investigate according to standard operating procedures (SOP), especially since the man was proven to be carrying a sharp weapon.
"We are still carrying out investigations, deepening, we will conclude. Currently still tied up in the lobby, he is silent and does not respond to anything. When asked, he will answer," said Timbul.
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