Central Java Police: Paid Killer Of Wife Of TNI Member In Semarang

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JAKARTA - Central Java Police Chief, Inspector General Ahmad, said that four members of the assassination group who carried out the attempted murder of Rina Wulandari (34), the wife of an Indonesian Army member in Semarang, were paid Rp120 million.

"The perpetrators were given Rp120 million, divided by four people," said Inspector General Ahmad, Monday, July 25, quoted from Antara.

The four perpetrators who were arrested were respectively S as the executor of the shooting, P as a green Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle rider, then S and AS as supervisors during the shooting.

In addition, the perpetrator with the initials DS, who is a supplier of firearms allegedly used during the execution, was also arrested.

"The perpetrator bought the suspected homemade firearm along with four bullets at a price of Rp. 3 million," said Ahmad, at a press conference which was also attended by the Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army, General TNI Dudung Abdurachman.

Currently, a joint team of TNI and police are still pursuing Corporal Two M, a member of the 15th Air Defense Artillery Battalion, Wulandari's husband, who is suspected of being the mastermind of the attempted assassination attempt.

He explained that M was known to have handed over Rp120 million to the assassin group when his wife was in the hospital.

Currently, he continued, the team is still developing the person who ordered the assassination attempt. The four perpetrators of the shooting field were subsequently charged with Article 340 of the Criminal Code concerning murder.

Rina Wulandari was shot twice by unknown persons in front of her house, Jalan Cemara III, Banyumanik, Semarang, Monday (18/7).