The police have arrested a man for allegedly killing 33-year-old Ali, whose dead body was found in Waru alley in Cawang, East Jakarta, on Monday night.
The suspect was angry at the victim for adding him to a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) WhatsApp chat group.
Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Argo Yuwono said the police had arrested 21-year-old Petrus Paulus Ualubun, at his relative’s house in Cikarang, West Java, on Tuesday morning.
“The suspect was mad at the victim when the latter added him to an LGBT WhatsApp group, as the suspect [claimed not to be a part of that community],” Argo said on Tuesday as reported by kompas.com.
“The suspect invited the victim to meet, then assaulted and killed him,” Argo said.
Passersby discovered Ali’s body with multiple stab wounds in a Jakarta alleyway. Police reported Ali had stab wounds in the left wrist, left temple, left eye, right chest, right back, right thigh.
Source: Jakarta Post
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