Police Examine 3 Witnesses Of Molotov Cocktails At The Home Of Islamic Boarding School Leaders In Meulaboh, West Aceh

West Aceh Police Chief AKBP Pandji Santoso. ANTARA/Teuku Dedi Iskandar

MEULABOH - West Aceh Police, Aceh, examined three witnesses to conduct investigations related to the case of throwing a Molotov cocktail in front of the house of Ustaz H Abdullah Akib Lc, Leader of the Iqra Learning Council Islamic Boarding School (MBI) Meulaboh, West Aceh.

"We have received three witnesses for examination," said West Aceh Police Chief AKBP Pandji Santoso, in Meulaboh, as reported by Antara, Tuesday, May 17.

The police chief said that the statements of three witnesses, whose identities were not identified, were in order to uncover the case of allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail in front of the house of a boarding school leader in this area.

According to him, the statements of the three witnesses are very much needed by the police to reveal the identity of the perpetrators, who are suspected of throwing objects which then exploded and caused the fire.

Police Chief Pandji Santoso also said that so far his party did not know the motive of the terror act, because the perpetrators in this case had not been caught.

"We pray that the perpetrators will be caught soon," the police chief added.

In addition, his party has also secured a number of evidences at the scene, in the form of broken bottles which allegedly exploded when they were thrown at the victim's house.