Jakarta, Feb. 10 -- Piris Karoba, 27, died on Monday evening, Feb 3, 2020, after being stabbed by a man in front of a shop on SPG Street in Yabansai Village, Heram Sub-district, Jayapura, Papua Province.

The local police investigators are probing the murder that Jayapura City Police Chief Adjunct Sen. Coms. Gustav R. Urbinas stated had taken place after Karoba and his stabber got embroiled in a bitter debate under the influence of alcohol.

"The motive behind this case is related to their bitter debate while having a liquor transaction. The suspected stabber is the seller, while the victim is a buyer. However, we are going to work on this case after the suspect can be arrested," he explained.

The Jayapura city investigators had known th...