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Kopassus States 2nd Lt. Jihad Ahmad Died from Negligence, Not from Gunfire

26 October 2026, 20:50 WIB
Baharudin Al Farisi,
Tim Kompas.com

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Several Special Forces soldiers (Kopassus) participate in a troop parade during the clean rehearsal for the 80th Anniversary of the National Armed Forces (TNI) at Monas, Jakarta, on Friday (3/10/2025). The clean rehearsal was held in preparation for the TNI’s 80th Anniversary, which will involve around 140,000 military personnel on Sunday, October 5, 2025.
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Several Special Forces soldiers (Kopassus) participate in a troop parade during the clean rehearsal for the 80th Anniversary of the National Armed Forces (TNI) at Monas, Jakarta, on Friday (3/10/2025). The clean rehearsal was held in preparation for the TNI’s 80th Anniversary, which will involve around 140,000 military personnel on Sunday, October 5, 2025.(ANTARA FOTO/Fauzan)
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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Special Forces Command Corps (Kopassus) stated that 2nd Lt. Jihad Ahmad Al Rasyid passed away at the Weapon Warehouse of Group 2 Kopassus in Kartasura, Sukoharjo, Central Java, on Saturday (24/10/2026) due to negligence.

Kopassus Chief of Information Indra Mardianto explained that, based on CCTV footage, 2nd Lt. Jihad Ahmad died from a pistol explosion.

“The incident occurred in the weapon warehouse; the pistol exploded, which was purely due to negligence and accident, all recorded on CCTV,” Indra told Kompas.com on Monday (26/1/2026).

Indra also denied claims that 2nd Lt. Jihad Ahmad was shot by a colleague.

“While it is true that there was a fatality, the chronology does not align with reports of him being shot,” he stated.

However, Indra has not elaborated on the detailed chronology of the incident.

He merely confirmed that the case would be handed over to the Military Police Detachment for further investigation.

“The plan from the commanding officer is to hand it over to Denpom Surakarta tomorrow. Both were serving in Batallion 26,” Indra added.



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