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Rejang Lebong (ANTARA) – A TNI member who served at Yonif 144 / Jaya Yudha, Rejang Lebong Regency, Bengkulu Province, died on New Year’s Eve after being beaten up by several youths in the area.
The TNI member who died was Prada Yopan Setiandi (21), who was beaten by several young people, on Thursday night (12/31) around 23.30 WIB while he was in the Curup field of Setia Negara together with his colleague Pratu Agus Salim, who was also seriously injured and is now undergoing treatment at a local hospital.
Kapolres Rejang Lebong AKBP Puji Prayitno accompanied by Dandim 0409 / Rejang Lebong Lieutenant Colonel Inf Sigit Purwoko at the Rejang Lebong Police Headquarters on Friday afternoon, confirmed the attack on two TNI members that caused the victim to be seriously injured and another person died due to a misunderstanding between the victim and the perpetrators.
“There was a misunderstanding between the victim and the youth, which resulted in mistreatment that resulted in serious injuries,” he said.
He explained that after the beating incident that caused this TNI member to suffer several stab wounds with sharp objects, his group together with Kodim 0409 / Rejang Lebong immediately carried out an investigation and managed to secure five people, including proof of a sharp weapon used to stab the two TNI members.
As for the five people they captured, he said, four of them were named suspects, namely RE, BO, RO, AK, while another person, namely DA, was still a witness.
He added that the five people who were detained were mostly minors, where from the investigation the agents found that the attack against members of the TNI who were dressed in civilian clothes at the time of the incident was carried out by nine people, while the other four people were still chasing the officers.
To maintain security and order, the perpetrators who had been arrested, Puji said, were brought to Bengkulu Police Headquarters around 3 p.m. WIB to reduce the situation, and promised that the investigation process of the case would take place. transparently.
So far, his party is still developing the case of the beatings to find out the motive, whether there is influence of alcohol or not, but certainly due to a misunderstanding between the two parties.
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