jpnn.com, BEKASI - The Bekasi Police in West Java have arrested a man with the initials HP (30), who killed his wife, NS (25), in his house on Jalan Randu, Jatisampurna, Bekasi.
Bekasi Police chief Senior Commissioner Aloysius Suprijadi said the incident took place at the perpetrator's house on Wednesday (27/10) early morning.
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The victim and her children were sleeping at that time, but the perpetrator suddenly hit his wife's head with a 3-kilogram gas cylinder.
The victim died at the scene, covered in blood.
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"The incident was witnessed by their children," said Aloysius at the Bekasi Police Headquarters, Friday (29/10).
The victim's children cried hysterically and woke up neighbors, who later checked the victim's house.
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The perpetrator then fled.
The police conducted an investigation and examined a number of witnesses.
The perpetrator was arrested by the police in a park in the Cibubur area, East Jakarta, on Thursday (28/10) night.
"Investigators are still looking into [the motive for the murder]," said Aloysius.
The perpetrators was subject to Article 44 of Law Number 23/2004 and Article 338 of the Criminal Code concerning domestic violence and/or murder, with a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum fine of Rp 45 million. (cr1/mcr20/jpnn)
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