Thu, 29 May 1997

Disco visitor nabbed with gun

UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: Police have arrested a man for threatening discotheque patrons with a pistol.

The man entered the town's M night club at about 11 p.m. Tuesday.

Eyewitnesses said he yelled, "Freeze or I will shoot you", Antara reported. He was overpowered by a police officer who was among the crowd.

City police detective's chief, Maj. Syahrul Mamma, said the incident followed a bitter row between the man and an attendant a night earlier.

He refused to say what the row was about, but said the suspect had returned with a gun loaded with four bullets. (pan)