New armed robbery adds to crime spate<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The city's recent rash of violent crime
\ncontinued in the early morning hours yesterday when a group of
\narmed robbers broke into the house of a diamond jeweler.<\/p>\n
Seven men, armed with guns and sharp weapons, broke into the
\nhouse of Sobirin Tanjung, alias Herlina, who police identified as
\na transvestite, on Jl. Subur Ujung No. 4 at Menteng Atas, South
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
The head of the South Jakarta Police detective unit, Maj.
\nRycko Almeza Daniel, said the robbers made away with Rp 77
\nmillion (US$5,310) in cash plus seven diamond bracelets and a 310
\ngram gold bracelet.<\/p>\n
One of the robbers reportedly shot a round into the air before
\nthe group sped away in a dark Kijang van.<\/p>\n
\"The victim received slash wounds to his right hand and back,\"
\nRycko said.<\/p>\n
Sobirin, 50, was alone in the house at the time of the
\nincident. He is still being treated at Cipto Mangunkusumo General
\nHospital.<\/p>\n
\"(Sobirin) was badly rattled by the robbery because the
\nrobbers took much of his working capital and assets,\" Rycko said.<\/p>\n
A preliminary police investigation concluded that the group
\nbroke into the house at 2:10 a.m. after cutting the house gate's
\npadlock.<\/p>\n
\"The victim apparently jumped in surprise and immediately
\nscreamed 'Robbers! Robbers!' when he saw the strangers breaking
\ninto his house,\" Rycko said.<\/p>\n
The robbers quickly gagged Sobirin and then gave the host a
\ngrim lesson by injuring his back, the officer said.<\/p>\n
Police have found a bullet and a casing at the scene and have
\nquestioned eight witnesses.<\/p>\n
\"Judging from the cartridge case and the bullet found, the gun
\nmust be an FN type,\" Rycko said.<\/p>\n
The robbery brings the number of similar crimes in the capital
\nto six in the last two weeks. Losses from the incidents run in
\nthe hundreds of millions of rupiah.<\/p>\n
The latest of these cases was the robbery at a house in Jati
\nPadang, also in South Jakarta, on Saturday morning in which an
\narmed group of five men took the family's Kijang van and several
\nelectronic items after slashing one of the victims with a
\nmachete.<\/p>\n
Rycko said the police had found evidence that recently
\nreleased ex-convicts were behind the series of robberies.<\/p>\n
\"We came up with the possibility after speaking with at least
\nfive convicted armed robbers still serving at Cipinang Prison,\"
\nhe said. (bsr\/edt)<\/p>",
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