Armed robbery in Cikini

Armed robbery in Cikini

JAKARTA (JP): Two armed men robbed yesterday Ibukota a gold
and jewelry shop on Jl. Cikini Raya, Menteng, Central Jakarta,
and made off with three gold bracelets, weighing 180 grams.

A shop employee, Siska, told the police two unidentified men
entered the shop saying they wanted gold bracelets.

The Central Jakarta Police Precinct chief, Lt. Col. Ibrahim
said while Siska was showing them the bracelets, one of the
robbers pointed a gun at her and threatened to kill her if she
tried to resist.

"They ordered Siska upstairs, stole three gold bracelets and
escaped," said Ibrahim.

Siska told the police that before she went upstairs, she
signaled she was being robbed to a roadside vendor in front of
her shop.

The vendor, identified as Purnan, then told a security guard
who reported the robbery to the Menteng police station, some 200
meters away.

Police officers, backed up by members of the local military,
besieged the shop, adjacent to the BCA bank branch office.

"The officers believed the robbers were holding Siska in the
shop," Ibrahim said.

The "drama" interested passersby and local residents who
flocked to the area causing traffic jams.

"The officers did not find anyone in the shop. The robbers had
gone and Siska had escaped through the BCA office," Ibrahim said.
Siska injured her legs in the incident and is being treated at
the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital.

"The gun used by the robbers could be fake as Siska said it
was gray," Ibrahim said. He said he wondered why the robbers did
not steal all the jewelry. (jun/04/sur)