Alleged crooks shot dead after ignoring warnings<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Two alleged hard-core criminals were shot and
\nkilled by the city police over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Police said they were forced to shoot the two men because they
\nignored several warning shots and even tried to attack the police
\nofficers who were assigned to capture them.<\/p>\n
Speaking to reporters on Saturday, City Police spokesman Lt.
\nCol. A. Latief Rabar said the criminals were Yanto, alias Sumeri,
\n32, and Acan, alias Warsan, 25.<\/p>\n
Sumeri, an employee of a private firm, was the prime suspect
\nin a series of vehicle thefts in and around the city.<\/p>\n
The resident of Tegal Parang, Mampang Prapatan, South Jakarta,
\nwas shot once in the chest at around 9 p.m. Friday at the
\nPaspampres (the Presidential Security Guards) housing complex in
\nCondet.<\/p>\n
Police said he died on the way to the hospital.<\/p>\n
Sumeri and his accomplices were believed to have stolen at
\nleast nine vehicles, including five luxury Mercedes Benz sedans.<\/p>\n
Two of his accomplices, identified as Kosasih, 45, and Hendra
\nAmyatris, 29, were arrested last year and are now each serving
\nsix-year prison terms at the Cipinang correctional institution.<\/p>\n
Police said the gang members used a jeep or a sedan in their
\noperation and carried sharp weapons.<\/p>\n
Sumeri, the leader, always wore a police uniform. He was the
\none who stopped their would-be victims, led the drivers to an
\nisolated area and tied them up before making off with their
\nvaluable goods and the cars, according to the police.<\/p>\n
Latief said that the police received information saying that
\nSumeri was at the housing complex that Friday evening.<\/p>\n
\"Sumeri tried to get away and ignored the four warning shots
\nfired by the police,\" Latief said. \"Suddenly, he turned around
\nand produced a sickle in an apparent attempt to attack the
\nofficers who then shot him in the chest.\"<\/p>\n
Acan was believed to have committed a series of robberies
\ntogether with his accomplices in Kali Anyar, West Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Police had been searching for him for a year.<\/p>\n
Acan, who was unemployed, was shot in his head on Jl.
\nFatahillah III in Kali Anyar at about 9:30 p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n
Police had previously arrested some of his friends.<\/p>\n
According to Latief, the local police received a report on
\nFriday evening from a victim of a robbery on the street near the
\nscene.<\/p>\n
The victim claimed that the suspected members of the gang
\nthreatened him with sharp weapons and robbed him of Rp 250,000
\n(US$116) in cash.<\/p>\n
A number of police officers were then dispatched to the scene
\nto examine the situation. One of the officers bumped into Acan,
\nwhose face was familiar, near the area.<\/p>\n
When the police were about to arrest him, Acan tried to run
\naway. As the police fired two warning shots into the air, Acan
\nsuddenly turned back and confronted the officers with a knife in
\nhis hand.<\/p>\n
\"The officers had no choice but shoot him in the head. He died
\ninstantly,\" Latief said. (bsr)<\/p>",
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