Bogor detective chief shot in raid against gang of robbers<\/p>\n
BOGOR (JP): Bogor City Police Detective chief, First Lt.
\nSantun Marpaung, was wounded during a raid against a gang of
\nrobbers known as "Safri Group" at Kampung Lemah Dalam in
\nCibungbulang district in the early hours of Friday.<\/p>\n
Santun survived a desperate struggle with the notorious gang
\nleader named Rojak, 40, who died from multiple gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n
"Santun led 16 officers in the operation because these long-
\ntime criminals are always armed and very dangerous. But, before
\nthe officers reached their hiding place, they were encountered in
\nthe village," Bogor City Police chief Lt. Col. Ade Husen
\nKartadipura said later on Friday.<\/p>\n
The road to the robbers' billet was slippery and narrow. After
\nstarting the journey at 7 p.m. on Thursday the officers
\neventually reached the Gunung Bundar area at around 1 a.m.
\nFriday.<\/p>\n
One of the detectives on the operation told The Jakarta Post
\nthat the officers were walking in the dark after leaving their
\ncars at the border of the village.<\/p>\n
"We had to walk five kilometers into the remote area and there
\nwas no light at all.<\/p>\n
"Pak Santun was leading us but when we reached a small
\nsecurity post, we saw the gang of six thieves strolling towards
\nour position," the officer said.<\/p>\n
Santun quickly chased and nabbed Rojak, but his grip slipped
\nand Rojak got away.<\/p>\n
"I kept chasing him and we fought before falling down into a
\nravine," officer Santun told the Post and Media Indonesia daily
\nat the Bogor PMI hospital on Friday.<\/p>\n
Both of them fell into a ravine deep inside the remote village
\nas a group of police detectives chased after the other gang
\nmembers.<\/p>\n
Santun, accompanied by his wife Sgt. Maj. Indriningtyas, said
\nthat during robberies, the gang always carried FN guns and
\nassorted other pistols as well as sharp weapons.<\/p>\n
"I got shot in the back and got cut on my left wrist," he
\nwhispered from his bed.<\/p>\n
The other gang members escaped by fleeing into the darkness.
\nSeveral detectives, trying to help Santun, started shooting at
\nRojak from above the ravine.<\/p>\n
Rojak died with gunshot wounds in the right thigh, abdomen,
\nright arm and a slash wound in his forehead.<\/p>\n
Bogor Regional Police chief Col. Edi Darnadi said on Friday
\nthat it was still unclear whether officer Santun was shot by
\nRojak or by a stray bullet fired by the police.<\/p>\n
"The officers were shooting in the dark. The location of the
\nclash was in a thick brush. So the bullet which hit Santun could
\nhave come from an officer's gun.<\/p>\n
"We have to check it first.. the officers haven't had time to
\ncheck and study the area because of their pursuit of the gang,"
\nEdi said. (21\/24\/edt)<\/p>",
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