A Mentally Ill Man Killed A Taxi Driver With A Knife When He Demanded Payment For Travel

Indonesia
KENDARI, - A maxim car driver in Kendari City, Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra) with the initials D was hacked by his own passenger using a machete blindly until he died. At the scene, the victim died on the spot and his left hand was cut off.


The terrible incident was located in front of the Kendari Mental Hospital (RSJ) or precisely on Jalan Dr. Soetomo, Tobuuha Village, Puuwatu District, Wednesday (24/07/2024) morning.


Information gathered, the perpetrator of the sadistic murder is suspected to be a person with mental disorders (ODGJ). The stabbing began when the victim drove the perpetrator from the Boat Base Port (Night Ship) to Kendari Mental Hospital.


“Upon arrival at the hospital, the perpetrator asked the victim for money but was not given and there was an argument, the perpetrator stabbed the victim many times until he died on the side of the road,” said one witness named Hendra.


According to Hendra, the perpetrator had asked to be escorted to the mental hospital to another driver. However, before being escorted, the perpetrator asked for money. The driver immediately refused to take the perpetrator.


Currently the perpetrator has been secured at Kendari Police. Meanwhile, the victim is undergoing a post mortem at Bhayangkara Kendari Hospital