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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The National Police ruled on the statement of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) on the status of the six corps of the army guard Rizieq Shihab who were shot dead by the police during a confrontation on the Jakarta-Cikampek KM toll road 50, on Monday (7/12/2020) in the early hours of the morning.
According to the FPI, each body had more than one bullet hole, resulting in torture marks.
“The investigation is still in process, later it will be presented with the supporting evidence, what is the chronology,” said the Chief of the Public Relations Division of the National Police, Inspector General Argo Yuwono when contacted. Kompas.com, Thursday (10/12/2020).
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The six people are known to have been shot dead after allegedly attacking members of Polda Metro Jaya on the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road. Meanwhile, the police are still searching for four other members of Rizieq’s escort.
Argo said the investigation was overseen by the Police Professional and Safety Division (Propam). He ensured that the case investigation process was transparent.
“Investigations are also evaluated by an internal oversight team as the responsibility of the organization,” he said.
As before, the FPI mentioned that there was more than one bullet hole in each body.
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Furthermore, the FPI stated that the shots against the members of the laskar had the same objective, that is, all the shots aimed at the heart.
“Judging by the bullet marks, in the opinion of the expert who was present at the bathhouse, he was shot point-blank,” said an official press release signed by FPI President General Ahmad Shabri Lubis and FPI Secretary General FPI Munarman, on Wednesday (9/12/2020).
Still citing the expert’s opinion, FPI said the heart shots were fired from the front, chest, and some from behind.
Finally, the FPI stated that the corpses of most of the bodies showed signs of torture.
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Regarding this confrontation, there are differences of information between the police and the FPI.
Police said the car of a Polda Metro Jaya member who was tracking was stopped by the vehicle carrying the guard of FPI leader Rizieq Shihab.
The prosecution was carried out in the context of the investigation of information in the short message app about the mass mobilization to guard the Rizieq exam on Monday (7/12/2020).
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Rizieq was originally examined as a witness regarding the alleged violation of health protocol at his daughter’s marriage in Petamburan, central Jakarta, on November 14, 2020.
After the vehicles of Polda Metro Jaya members were stopped, a shooting broke out. The police claimed that members of the Rizieq guard first opened fire on the police.
The FPI also denied that members of the laskar attacked and shot the police first. According to the FPI, members of the laskar are not equipped with firearms.