Bank robbers stab police officer

Bank robbers stab police officer

JAKARTA (JP): Two men who tried to rob a bank customer of Rp
24 million (US$9,840) yesterday stabbed the victim and a police
officer in the process.

City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said one man
stabbed Yunardi in the back in the parking lot of the Bank
Central Asia on Jl. Tebet Barat Raya.

"Sgt. Maj. Widianto who had just come out of the bank and
tried to foil the robbery sustained wounds from a sickle on his
head and hand," Aritonang said.

He said Yunardi was now being treated at MMC Hospital while
Widianto was being treated at Tebet Hospital.

Yunardi's sister, Eries Ayuning, told police that she, Yunardi
and her sister Erina were about to leave her Kijang van when two
unidentified men approached them on a Yamaha RX King motorcycle.

She said one of the men threatened Yunardi, who was carrying a
handbag containing the money, with a sickle.

Yunardi, who tried to resist the man, was stabbed in the back,
she said.

Eries shouted for help when she saw Yunardi was wounded. The
money was scattered all over the parking lot.

Aritonang said Sgt. Widianto, who was on duty at the bank,
came out and tried to foil the robbery.

He said the officer shot the man who was driving the
motorcycle in the shoulder but the other man hit him and stabbed
his left hand.

As Widianto fought with the sickle-wielder, the other robber
fled empty-handed on the motorcycle, Aritonang said.

The second man escaped, also without any money, after injuring
Widianto in the head.

Eries said she had just withdrawn the money from Bank Niaga on
Jl. Supomo and was going to deposit it at the Bank Central Asia.
(jun)