JAKARTA - Martinus Nomlene (28) was arrested by the police for killing a man named Tensi Lau alias Eman in Rote Ndao, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). The murder occurred because the perpetrator was emotional that another man slept with his wife.
The Head of Public Relations of the NTT Police, Kombes Rishian Krisna, said the murder occurred in the early hours of June 10. The wife of the perpetrator was caught sleeping with another man in Martinus' house.
"The perpetrator was sleeping in the front room, then the perpetrator woke up because he heard sounds from his wife's bedroom such as the sound of hitting the wall, and the sound of the bed shaking, then the perpetrator went straight to his wife's room," said Kombes Krisna confirmed by VOI, Friday, June 11.
Martinus then pushed the bedroom door but it was locked. Martinus immediately broke down the bedroom door. There Martinus caught Eman sleeping with his wife.
Out of emotion, the perpetrator immediately hit the victim until she fell off the bed. The perpetrator then took a machete that was usually straddled near the bed and slashed the victim.
As a result, the victim suffered stab wounds in the abdomen and thigh. The victim died and was taken to Ba'a Hospital.
Kombes Krisna said the perpetrator had come to surrender to the Rote Ndao Police Station. This case is being processed by the police.
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