Man In Kintamani Bali Stabbed His Wife's Ex-girlfriend For Asking For Money

BANGLI - I Made Umbara Yasa (26) desperate to stab Komang Mertasyasa (28). The perpetrator, a resident of Kintamani, Bangli, Bali, was emotional because the victim threatened and demanded money from the perpetrator's wife.

"The victim and the perpetrator's wife were ex-girlfriends", said Kintamani Police Chief Commissioner Ruli Agus Susanto, Thursday, November 3.

The stabbing took place in the garden behind the perpetrator's house in Banjar Taksu, South Batur Village, Kintamani District, Bangli, Wednesday, November 2.

At first, the perpetrator provoked the victim via WhatsApp chat to meet. The perpetrator knew that the victim often threatened and asked his wife for money.

When the victim arrived at the scene, the perpetrator immediately slashed the victim. The victim was seriously injured and the perpetrator fled.

"As a result of the blind slashes and slashes, the victim was taken to Bangli General Hospital and the perpetrator turned himself into the Kintamani Police after running and hiding the knife used to slash the victim in the seat of his motorbike which was parked on the side of the road in front of Bukit Mentik Temple", said Commissioner Ruli.

The evidence that was secured was a sharp weapon. The victim is being treated at the hospital.

"The motive is because the perpetrator is emotional because the wife is often bullied through chat and threatened by the victim", he said.