Bus hijacker thwarted

Bus hijacker thwarted

SEMARANG, Central Java (JP): Passengers mobbed a 22-year-old
man trying to hijack their bus in Batang on Thursday, police said
yesterday.

The man, identified as Mul, was critically injured but his
unidentified accomplice escaped after snatching money from a
passenger.

The incident happened on a highway in Batang around midnight
when the robbers wielding a broken bottle forced the driver of
the Jakarta-outbound bus to stop.

Eyewitnesses said the driver, whose arm was cut in the
scuffle, refused his demand. The drama ended when the passengers
rushed and attacked the hijacker.

The culprit was turned in to the police in Semarang who then
admitted the man to the hospital, Antara reported. (pan)