Inp.polri.go.id - Denpasar. A joint force comprising the Bali Regional Police, Badung Sub-regional Police, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Sub-regional Police, and Immigration officers arrested a male suspect for shooting a Chinese man and a security guard in Canggu, Badung Regency.

Interim Sub-Section Head of Public Information for Badung Police, Assistant First Inspector Ni Nyoman Ayu Inastuti, confirmed that the Indonesian suspect, identified by the initial H, was detained on Saturday night at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang.

 "The male Indonesian suspect was indeed arrested Saturday night by a joint team at Soekarno-Hatta Airport," she said on Sunday (19/7/2026).

The incident occurred early Friday at a bar in North Kuta when the suspect became involved in an argument with the Chinese guest. When a security guard, identified as  I.M.Y.M., attempted to mediate, the suspect fired a shot that pierced the guard's left thigh before striking the Chinese man behind him.

Investigators recovered a copper-yellow bullet casing and CCTV footage at the scene while continuing to investigate the suspect's motive and firearm acquisition.

(mg/inp/pr/rs)