South Sulawesi Police Reveals Investigation Of Alleged Shooting Of Prabowo-Gibran Volunteer Car In Bantaeng

Head Of Public Relations Of The South Sulawesi Police, Kombes Pol Komang Suartana (ANTARA)

The South Sulawesi Regional Police (Polda Sulsel) revealed the results of a temporary investigation into the alleged shooting of a car belonging to Jabal Nur, the head of the South Sulawesi Garda Prabowo-Gibran volunteer who is also a DPR candidate from the National Mandate Party (PAN) in Bantaeng Regency, last Friday. Head of Public Relations of the South Sulawesi Police, Kombes Pol Komang Suartana revealed that the initial suspicion was not a shooting, but a vandalism. Komang said that the hole in the rear glass of the Daihatsu Xenia car numbered DD 815 OM was caused by a 1-millimeter diameter circular ball or metal thrown using a ketapel instead of being shot using an airsoft gun. However, the Bantaeng Police Satreskrim and Resmob South Sulawesi Police are still investigating by checking surveillance cameras or CCTV at the location, as well as the steel ball has now been handed over to the South Sulawesi Regional Police Labfor. "The training is rather large according to the hole in the glass. This is still a Labfor Polda liquid, whether from a ketapel or other object. Bantaeng Police Criminal and Resmob South Sulawesi Regional Police asked for BRI CCTV," he said, Tuesday, January 16. He also denied that the incident was related to the political element because the car was used by his younger brother and was often parked at the bank's yard. Komang also appealed to the public not to believe the issues circulating and to continue to entrust this case to the police. "There is no political relationship because this vehicle is used by Jabal's younger brother, it is 10 years old. So the parking is because they do not have (light) parking at home, they are parked in the yard of the BRI office, "he explained.

Previously, it was reported that the Prabowo-Gibran volunteer car, who is also a DPR candidate from the National Mandate Party (PAN), Jabal Nur, was shot while parked in the yard of the BRI bank office in Bissappu District, Bantaeng Regency, South Sulawesi. The car owner has reported this to the authorities and carried out a crime scene processing. In addition to the rear glass of the broken car, a steel ball or round metal was also found which was suspected of being a bullet projectile in the car.