Police shoot dead snatcher<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Police shot dead a man on Saturday night for
\nresisting arrest after he allegedly snatched jewelry from a woman
\nat Pulogadung bus terminal in East Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Adolf Bastian Sitinjak, 22, was shot at about 11 p.m, an
\nofficer of the Pulogadung police subprecinct said on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\"A police officer was forced to shoot the suspect since he
\ntried to escape despite the warning shots,\" the officer who asked
\nfor anonymity said.<\/p>\n
He said the suspect snatched a gold necklace from the woman
\nwho had just arrived at the terminal.<\/p>\n
Her screams alerted a police officer on routine patrol.<\/p>\n
He chased the suspect and arrested him. However, Adolf tried
\nto stab the officer with a sickle during the journey to the
\npolice station, the source said.<\/p>\n
Adolf, a resident of Jl. Penggilingan in Cakung, East Jakarta,
\nwas shot in his head and back, he said.<\/p>\n
His body remained at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital's
\nmorgue on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Several men claiming to be Adolf's friends visited the morgue
\non Sunday but would not comment.<\/p>\n
Their request to claim the body was denied by morgue
\nofficials.<\/p>\n
\"Only Adolf's relatives can give permission for the postmortem
\nexamination on the body and then take the body home,\" Safi'ie,
\none of the officers, said.<\/p>\n
At least 12 criminals have been shot dead this month as police
\nattempt to crack down on the soaring robbery rate on the city's
\nstreets, including toll roads and junctions. (jun)<\/p>",
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