Police Officer Fatally Stabbed by Unknown Assailants in Depok

Jakarta. A police officer was fatally stabbed by five unknown men early on Tuesday, the day that the National Police was celebrating its 68th anniversary.

“We are still trying to find the perpetrators, and the motive is still being investigated,” Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Rikwanto said.
Rizki Dwi Wicaksono, a 20-year-old member of the National Police’s mobile brigade, was inside a taxi shortly after midnight when five men on two motorcycles stopped the taxi in front of the University of Indonesia and broke its back window.
The men then stabbed Rizki repeatedly and fled the scene.
The taxi driver said he immediately rushed Rizki to the hospital with the help of a marine who happened to be passing by at the scene. Rizki, though, died from his injuries on the way.
“The victim died on the way to Bhayangkara hospital,” Rikwanto said, adding that the officer had been on his way to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in West Jakarta to return to his hometown in Pasuruan, East Java.
Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Dwi Priyatno said police taken action to collect information on the case and have physical descriptions of the perpetrators based on the taxi driver’s testimony.
“The taxi driver is still being questioned, and the officers have scoured the scene. We hope we will be able to catch the perpetrators soon,” Dwi said after a ceremony held to commemorate the National Police’s anniversary on Tuesday.
Dwi said the driver had told officials that the five men had followed the taxi since it left the mobile brigade headquarters in Kelapa Dua, Depok, West Java.

By Bayu Marhaenjati on 12:43 pm Jul 01, 2014