Suspected killer gunned down, five others held<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): City police detectives fatally shot a man,
\nsuspected of being a hired murderer, on Tuesday and have arrested
\nfive others suspected of involvement in the murder last year of a
\ndebt collector in Depok, 30 kilometers south of here.<\/p>\n
The City Police Public Relations Department said yesterday
\nthat the murder of Rachmat Martha, a debt collector, took place
\nin front of a small mosque at the Kemirimuka traditional market
\nin Beji, Depok, at around 5:30 a.m. on Jan. 12, last year.<\/p>\n
Maj. Endang Sunjaya, who led the investigation, said that the
\nkilling was masterminded by two butchers at the market who hired
\ntwo other people to find two killers to carry out their plan.
\nUnder the deal, the killers were to receive Rp 5 million
\n(US$2,262), Endang said.<\/p>\n
The butchers, identified as Harjadi, 47, and Suyatna, 27, felt
\nunhappy about Rachmat's pressuring them to repay money which they
\nowed to a third party, Maj. Endang said.<\/p>\n
Rachmat was brutally stabbed by Budi Mulyono, 30, and Irfan,
\n24, in front of the mosque, according to Endang, who is head of
\nthe theft division of the city crime investigation directorate.<\/p>\n
Rachmat fought back against his attackers but was eventually
\nknocked down by Irfan, who then smashed his head with a large
\nstone while Budi Mulyono continued stabbing Rachmat's body.<\/p>\n
The two hired killers have claimed that they only received Rp
\n150,000 from Hamdani, alias Robert, 30, and Endang, 33, who were
\nthe go-betweens for the two butchers, Endang said.<\/p>\n
Police said that Robert and Endang are notorious hoodlums in
\nDepok.<\/p>\n
Maj. Endang said that all of the suspects, including the dead
\none, were apprehended at different places in South Jakarta and
\nDepok on Tuesday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The police officer said that the first suspects to be captured
\nwere Irfan and Budi Mulyono, whom police found playing billiards
\nat a billiards center in Lenteng Agung, South Jakarta, at around
\n9:30 p.m. on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
During the raid Budi refused to surrender and attacked the
\nofficers using a billiards cue and a knife, Maj. Endang said,
\nadding that Budi ignored warning shots fired by other officers.<\/p>\n
\"This prompted one of the officers to shoot him in the chest
\nand head, making him fall down,\" the police officer said.<\/p>\n
The suspect died on the way to the hospital, the police said.<\/p>\n
Based on information provided by Irfan, four other suspects
\nwere then arrested at their respective homes, all in the Pancoran
\nMas sub-district of Depok.<\/p>\n
According to him, another suspect in the killing, identified
\nas Budi Waluyo, is still at large.(bsr)<\/p>",
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