Vendor shot to death in robbery chase<\/p>\n
Theresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, Bogor<\/p>\n
A newspaper vendor was shot to death, while another man was
\ninjured by stray bullets on Friday in a shooting between a marine
\nand a group of armed robbers in front of the compound of the
\npaper company PT Aspex Kumbong on Jl. Narogong in Cileungsi
\nregency.<\/p>\n
The robbers managed to escape on two motorcycles after seizing
\na plastic bag containing over Rp 106 million (about US$12,770)
\nfrom Ngatini Atmo Pawiro, an employee of Budi Purnama, a supplier
\nof PT Aspex.<\/p>\n
The vendor, identified as Ujang Muis, 25, died due to a
\ngunshot wound to the chest. Another bullet hit the left arm of
\nMomo, an assistant to a driver of PT Aspex.<\/p>\n
Ngatini told reporters she was assigned to take the money from
\nher central office in Jakarta, accompanied by Navy Chief Sgt.
\nSumijan. Upon their arrival at PT Aspac compound in Cileungsi,
\nshe got out of the car and suddenly two people came toward her.<\/p>\n
\"They put a pistol to my forehead and seized the plastic bag
\nwith the money in it and my purse. I had Rp 250,000 and a mobile
\nphone in the purse,\" Ngatini said.<\/p>\n
Sumijan chased the robbers and fired at them using an FN 46
\npistol.<\/p>\n
Cileungsi Police chief First Insp. Hadi Santoso said the
\ninvestigators suspected the robbers used a Colt 38 millimeter
\npistol. But he could not say from whose pistol the stray bullets
\nwere fired.<\/p>\n
A witness said the incident took place at about 8:30 a.m.,
\nwhen the sound of gunfire stunned the neighborhood.<\/p>\n
\"I thought it was the sound of firecrackers ... but, next, a
\nnewspaper vendor who was standing in front of me fell to the
\nground, while the four robbers raced off in the direction of
\nKelapa Nunggal,\" said Saleh, a karedok (raw vegetable in peanut
\nsauce) vendor.<\/p>",
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