The investigators have actually swiped the names of individuals believed of torturing the 2 prisoners to death.
Jayapura – Cops have actually interrogated 3 wardens over a clash that supposedly led to the death of 2 inmates at the Merauke correctional facility in Papua province.
It holds true that on-duty wardens at the Merauke reformatory were questioned at the Merauke District Police Headquarters on Saturday, chief of the Merauke District Police, Accessory Senior Commissioner Untung Sangaji, stated on Monday.
The two dead prisoners have been identified as Melianus Gebze and Sebastian Basik-Basik, he included.
The two prisoners were reportedly tortured by other prisoners over rumors they practiced black magic, which, they believed, triggered the death of Emilianus Kaitimu, he informed.
As a matter of truth, Kaitimu passed away of a COVID-19 infection, he said.
Police also questioned 18 other prisoners over the death of Gebze and Basik-Basik, he notified.
” The private investigators have taken the names of people thought of torturing the 2 inmates to death,” he stated.
Nevertheless, he refused to disclose the names of the suspects, stating the investigation is still under way.
He said detectives have actually seized several items that were apparently utilized to torture the 2 victims as proof.
He validated that lots of sharp weapons had actually been discovered at the correctional facility and now have been taken.
Their number may face hundreds and most of them were made by the inmates of the correctional facility, he said.
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