Alleged bank robber shot dead

Alleged bank robber shot dead

JAKARTA (JP): A bank robber has been shot dead earlier this
week for resisting arrest near the Kampung Rambutan bus terminal
in East Jakarta.

Central Jakarta Police Chief, Lt. Col. S.Y. Wenas, said that
on April 2, Padol, 23, had attempted to rob Haris Hanafi of the
Rp 130 million (US$55,193) he had just withdrawn from a bank on
Jl. Irian in Menteng.

Lt. Col. Wenas confirmed the Tuesday-night incident when Padol
was shot in the head.

"We have hunted him for weeks," Wenas said on Wednesday.

Padol was a resident of Jl. Kampung Intan, Johar Baru
district, Central Jakarta.(04)