Charity box thief shot

JAKARTA (JP): A security guard shot a teenager in the thigh when he attempted to flee with a charity donation box from a jewelry shop in Aldiron Plaza shopping center in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta.

City police spokesman Lt. Col. Zainuri Lubis identified the wounded suspect as Dede, 18, a resident of Brebes in Central Java.

Lubis said the suspect broke into the Singgalang jewelry shop, belonging to Azwar Wahid, on the shopping center's first floor at about 2 a.m. on Tuesday.

"Instead of grabbing jewelry, the suspect took the charity box which was full of cash. When he was about to leave, a security guard saw him and chased him," Lubis said.

Dede resisted arrest despite a warning shot, he added.

To immobilize the suspect, the security guard aimed a shot at Dede's thigh.

He was rushed for treatment to Soekanto Police Hospital in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta. The charity box was seized by South Jakarta police as evidence. (emf)