Suara.com – A watermelon seller named Sutomo at Kramat Jati Main Market, East Newsdelivers.com was brutally murdered by being hacked and doused with acid. The perpetrator is suspected of killing the victim because he was hurt.
This was revealed by Imron, Sutomo’s friend, who also works as a watermelon seller. According to him, the victim and perpetrator, who were fellow traders at the Kramat Jati Main Market, had problems.
“The victim used to have problems,” said Imron to reporters, Monday (8/1/2024).
Even so, Imron admitted that he did not know exactly what problems occurred between Sutomo and the perpetrator.
“Old case,” he said.
Sadistic Murder
The video related to this murder incident was previously uploaded to the Instagram account @wargajakarta.id. In the statement, it was explained that it occurred on Monday (7/1) at 01.00 WIB in the morning.
“The victim named Sutomo died from serious injuries,” he wrote.
In the video, the perpetrator can be seen wearing a gray sweater and a mask. He came suddenly and poured liquid suspected to be acid on the victim and then sadistically slashed him repeatedly using a sharp sickle-type weapon.
Not long after the incident, the perpetrator was arrested in Pamulang, South Tangerang. Currently, the police are still investigating him intensively.
Kramat Jati Police Chief Commissioner Tuti Aini explained that the investigation was carried out to investigate the motive behind the murder incident.
“The arrest this morning was in Pamulang. The motive is still being investigated,” he concluded.