Due To Noisy Exhaust, Construction Workers In Padangsidimpuan North Sumatra Stab Farmers With Crowbars

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MEDAN - A farmer named Gunawan was taken to the hospital because he was stabbed with a crowbar by a construction worker with the initials JS at a cafe in the Bukit Simarsayang area, Padangsidimpuan, North Sumatra.

Padangsidimpuan Police Criminal Investigation Unit Head, AKP Bambang Priyatno, said that the incident with the crowbar began when the two were inside the cafe.

At that time, the victim turned on the motorcycle that used a failed exhaust.

Gunawan's motorcycle exhaust sound disturbed KJ," said AKP Bambang, Monday, May 30.

Perpetrators who feel disturbed then approached the victim. The two got into an argument until the perpetrator took a crowbar.

"Without second thought, KJ immediately hit the crowbar, until it pierced the victim's left chest. As a result, the victim had to be rushed to the hospital," he explained.

The victim reported the incident to the police. From the investigation, the perpetrator who stabbed the crowbar into the farmer was arrested.

"After conducting a series of investigations, the Padang Sidempuan Police Criminal Investigation Unit finally secured KJ in Singali Village, Hutaimbaru District, Padang Sidempuan City, Saturday, May 28 at around 15.00 WIB on the side of the road in front of the rice fields," he explained.

AKP Bambang said that when interrogated, KJ admitted that he had abused the victim. The police took the perpetrator to the Padangsidimpuan Police Headquarters for further processing.

"The results of the post-mortem and the crowbar which were allegedly used as tools to persecute the victim became evidence," he said.

For his actions, the perpetrators were charged with Article 351 Paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code with a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison.