Police kill three men in street robberies<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Three men attempting street robberies at two
\nseparate incidents were shot dead by police, City Police
\ndetective chief for general crime Adj. Sr. Comr. Titto Karnavian
\nsaid on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
In the first incident three men armed with machetes tried to
\nrob a bus in Bekasi on Monday evening.<\/p>\n
However one of the bus passengers was a policeman, Adj. Comr.
\nMaskarif, who foiled the robbery.<\/p>\n
Titto said Maskarif was stabbed by the robbers in his left leg
\nbefore they made their escape.<\/p>\n
Based on gathered evidence, police managed to identify the
\nrobbers and arrest two of them, Doyok, 25, and Ali, 28, at a
\nhouse in Petogogan, Rawa Rante district, East Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"The suspects admitted to frequently robbing buses plying the
\nPulogadung-Bekasi route,\" Titto told reporters adding that three
\nknives, a ring, a necklace, a waist bag and Rp 425,000 in cash
\nwere seized from the suspects.<\/p>\n
He said the suspects usually boarded buses at Pulogadung
\nterminal and hijacked them when they reached a quiet location.<\/p>\n
After questioning, the two suspects took police to the
\nresidence of the third suspect, Lubis Jaya, 18, in East Jakarta
\nat about 8 p.m.<\/p>\n
However on the way the two tried to escape.<\/p>\n
Titto said, police warning shots were not heeded to by the
\nsuspects so the police shot them both in the back.<\/p>\n
They died on the way to Kramat Jati police hospital while the
\nthird suspect remains in police custody.<\/p>\n
In the other incident, Titto said an unidentified man believed
\nto be a member of the \"Red Axe\" gang was shot dead by police near
\nSenen railway station in Central Jakarta on Monday.<\/p>\n
In a routine patrol, police officers saw four men stealing a
\nsideview mirror of a BMW sedan.<\/p>\n
The officers then chased the men and fired three warning
\nshots.<\/p>\n
As the men continued to run, the police again fired another
\nshot and hit one of them in the back.<\/p>\n
\"The suspect was a member of the 'Red Axe' gang which often
\nrob people on the streets,\" Titto claimed adding that the gang
\nwas notorious for carrying out robberies during traffic jams.<\/p>\n
He added that the gang often broke cars windows in such
\nsituations and stole everything from sideview mirrors to cellular
\nphones placed on the dashboard. (ylt\/jun)<\/p>",
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