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        "id": 1145464,
        "msgid": "two-suspected-airport-thieves-shot-dead-1447893297",
        "date": "2005-02-04 00:00:00",
        "title": "Two suspected airport thieves shot dead",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Two suspected airport thieves shot dead Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang Two suspected members of a gang that has been stealing luggage at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport for the past three years were shot and killed by airport police on Thursday. David Bernando, 18, and Roni Patira, 31, were apprehended by airport police on Wednesday after being caught attempting to steal a bag belonging to a passenger who had just arrived from overseas.",
        "content": "<p>Two suspected airport thieves shot dead<\/p>\n<p>Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang<\/p>\n<p>Two suspected members of a gang that has been stealing luggage at <br>\nSoekarno-Hatta International Airport for the past three years <br>\nwere shot and killed by airport police on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>David Bernando, 18, and Roni Patira, 31, were apprehended by <br>\nairport police on Wednesday after being caught attempting to <br>\nsteal a bag belonging to a passenger who had just arrived from <br>\noverseas.<\/p>\n<p>During questioning, the two told police they were part of a <br>\n15-member gang that had been operating at the airport for over <br>\nthree years.<\/p>\n<p>An officer speaking on the condition of anonymity said \"the <br>\ntwo were then asked to lead the police to the other gang <br>\nmembers\".<\/p>\n<p>Roni, a resident of Majalengka, West Java, led several <br>\nofficers to one location, while David, a resident of South <br>\nSumatra, led officers to a separate location in Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>The officer said Roni attempted to escape police custody in <br>\nCileduk, Tangerang, and was shot and killed.<\/p>\n<p>David directed police to Lapangan Banteng, Central Jakarta, <br>\nwhere he allegedly attacked the officers and attempted to escape <br>\nbefore being fatally shot.<\/p>\n<p>\"Officers fired several warning shots but both suspects chose <br>\nto ignore the shots,\" said the officer, who added that the two <br>\nbodies were taken to the police hospital in Kramat Jati, East <br>\nJakarta.<\/p>\n<p>The officer said the airport gang worked by removing baggage <br>\nfrom the luggage carousel before a member of the gang posing as a <br>\npassenger picked up the baggage and exited the airport.<\/p>\n<p>The officer declined to say whether any of the gang members <br>\nwere thought to be official luggage handlers at the airport.<\/p>\n<p>Airport police chief Sr. Comr. Firman Shantyabudi confirmed <br>\nthe incidents, but did not provide details.<\/p>",
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