Three detectives killed as 'ninjas'<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Three Surabaya police precinct detectives were
\nkilled on Saturday by an angry mob in Bangkalan on the island of
\nMadura after a criminal they were chasing shouted \"ninja killers\"
\nat them.<\/p>\n
The three were named as Second Sgt. Yunus Paribong, Second
\nSgt. Hadiri and Second Sgt. M. Dahlan.<\/p>\n
Antara reported that the incident occurred when M.S., a man
\nwanted in connection with receiving stolen goods, attempted to
\nevade capture by shouting \"ninjas\" at five detectives (including
\nthe three victims) chasing after him in the village of Kajuanak
\nin Bangkalan.<\/p>\n
Villagers gripped by fear of \"ninjas\" emerged from their
\nhouses, captured Yunus and beat him to death while the other four
\nescaped, two of whom hid in the immediate area.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, when Hadiri and Dahlan emerged from their hiding
\nplace and tried to convince residents that they were policemen,
\nthey too were beaten to death. The angry mob also set fire to a
\ncar belonging to the policemen.<\/p>\n
It was reported that the five detectives were in the village
\nwith a suspected motorcycle thief, identified as A.L., who had
\nagreed to take them to the person who allegedly bought
\nmotorcycles that he stole.<\/p>\n
Both suspected criminals escaped.<\/p>\n
East Java Police deputy chief Brig. Gen. Alfian Anwari, who
\nfetched the bodies from Bangkalan, called on the local people and
\nMoslem leaders to help police investigate the murder.<\/p>\n
The three will be buried in the heroes' cemetery in Surabaya
\nbecause they were killed in the line of duty, he added.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, another angry mob in Purwokerto, Central Java,
\nattacked and seriously injured two people they suspected of being
\n\"ninja killers\".<\/p>\n
Let. Col. Agus Sudharto, chief of the Banyumas police
\nprecinct, said the two, 44-year-old Toto and 23-year-old
\nPratiknyo, suffered serious injuries and are now being treated in
\na public health center in Banyumas.<\/p>\n
He said he regretted the attack because the two were not
\n\"ninjas\". The two were in Karang Kemiri village making
\npreparations for a cross-country run for Purwokerto businessmen.<\/p>\n
\"The two were beaten because they failed to show their
\nidentity cards to the angry mob and because they said they came
\nfrom Surabaya in East Java,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Police arrived in time to save the two men from death and took
\nthem to the relative safety of Pakuncen district police precinct.
\nThe mob then directed their anger at the police, pelting the
\nbuilding with stones after police refused to hand the two men
\nover.<\/p>\n
The station's doors and windows were damaged in the attack.<\/p>\n
A mysterious murder spree started over three months ago in the
\nEast Java regency of Banyuwangi. More than 150 Moslem preachers
\nand alleged sorcerers have since been sadistically killed. The
\nkillers have been branded \"ninjas\" because they wear masks and
\ndark clothing in the fashion of Japanese assassins.<\/p>\n
The murders have spread to various other areas, including
\nCentral Java. Local vigilantes have more recently started a wave
\nof reprisals against suspected \"ninja killers\", lynching a number
\nof people on very little evidence of guilt.<\/p>\n
Maj. Gen. Tyasno Sudarto, chief of the Diponegoro Military
\nCommand overseeing Central Java and Yogyakarta, confirmed on
\nSaturday that neither the government nor the security authorities
\nhad given an order to shoot captured \"ninjas\" on the spot.<\/p>\n
\"If any individuals suspected of being 'ninjas' are captured,
\nthey should be handed over to the security authorities,\" he said
\nin the Central Java capital of Semarang. (45\/rms)<\/p>",
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