The Tanah Karo Resort Police (Polres) successfully uncovered the fatal violence case that occurred in the Mount Sibayak tourist area, Karo Regency. In this reveal, officers named nine people as suspects in two interrelated assault cases that left one teenager dead and six others injured.
Karo Police Chief, Adjunct Senior Commissioner of Police (AKBP) Pebriandi Haloho, explained that an intensive investigation began after his party received a report regarding a fatality at Efarina Berastagi Hospital. The victim, identified by the initials RCS (17), a teenager from Medan City, was reported dead with bruises covering his body, strongly suspected to be the result of physical violence.
In response to the report, the Cobra Team of the Karo Police Criminal Investigation Unit (Satreskrim) in collaboration with the Berastagi Police Crime Unit moved quickly. Through a series of tactical field investigations and witness examinations, the police successfully untangled the events and arrested the perpetrators, who have now been named suspects.
In addition to taking RCS's life, the series of violent acts in the mountainous area also targeted another group of teenagers. According to police data, six other teenage victims suffered fairly serious injuries due to separate assaults that were part of the same sequence of events.
To date, police investigators continue to delve into the motive behind the brutal assault to complete the case files. Police emphasized that they will firmly prosecute the perpetrators to uphold justice and maintain public security and order in the Karo Regency jurisdiction.
