Cellular phone robber shot dead

Cellular phone robber shot dead

JAKARTA (JP): A cellular phone robber was shot dead in front
of Senen shopping center on Jl. Senen Raya in Central Jakarta
while attempting to escape arrest on Thursday morning.

Central Jakarta police chief of detectives Comr. Angesta
Romano Yoyol said Yanto Tanjung, 25, a resident of Jl. Abdul
Ghani, Cempaka Putih district of Central Jakarta grabbed a
cellular phone hanging from the hip of Doni Djohar, 27, a
resident of Jl. Program III, Cimanggis, Depok, West Java at a bus
stop on Jl. Senen Raya.

Doni then cried for help and coincidentally, Central Jakarta
police officer First. Brig. Slamet who was patrolling the area
was able to come to his assistance. Slamet pursued and caught the
thief, Yanto.

Yoyol said as Slamet was about to handcuff Yanto, Yanto
escaped prompting the police officer to shoot him in the back and
leg after he ignored warning shots.

According to Yoyol, Yanto, who allegedly had frequently robbed
commuters in the Senen area, died instantly. His body was sent to
Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital morgue for an autopsy.(01)