Pematangsiantar Residents Arrested By Police Due To Counterfeit Bomb Terror

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JAKARTA - The police arrested the owner of a backpack with the words "beware of bombs" that had disturbed residents in Pematangsiantar City, North Sumatra, some time ago. The Head of Pematangsiantar Police AKBP Boy Sutan Binanga said the identity of the perpetrator had the initials RR. The perpetrator was detained at his residence on Tuesday, August 31. "He has been arrested," he said. He said from the results of the preliminary examination, the motive for the terrorist act of the fake bomb was just for fun. For that, he said, his party would conduct an examination of the mental condition of the perpetrator. "This will be checked," he said. Previously, a suspicious bag with the words "beware of bombs" was found by a resident on a pole on Jalan Gunung Simanuk-Manuk, Pematangsiantar City, Monday, August 30. it turned out to contain a large boulder.