Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Jakarta police have already known the identity of alleged attacker of Christopher Melky Tanujaya, a Science Olympiad silver madelist, who died on Monday.

"Investigators are still studying it. Someone has been suspected as the attacker," Jakarta Police director of crime investigation Senior Commissioner Gatot Edy Pramono said here on Thursday.

He said investigators identified the alleged attacker following information from witnesses.

The police have questioned several witness who saw the victim after being stabbed by the attacker and who were around the scene at the time of the incident.

Gatot said the police had also studied the victim`s activities outside his home before the attack occurred in an effort to unveil the case including whether there were victim`s belongings that had gone.

He said the police would spread the sketch of the alleged attacker.

Christopher was found dead after he got off a public transport with a stab wound on his neck on Jalan Pluit Selatan, North Jakarta, at around 8pm on Monday (Dec 5).
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