Fri, 11 May 2001

Four robbers rob church

BOGOR (JP): Four armed robbers stole some Rp 50 million (US$4.500) from a church on Jl. Suryakencana here on Thursday.

A church worker named Yanti, 24, said that she, her two fellow workers, and Priest Arief Multi had just arrived at the church after withdrawing the money from Lippo Bank .

Just when they got out of the car in the church's parking lot, four men on motorcycles approached them and snatched the money.

"They threatened to kill us if we screamed. So we had to stay put," Yanti said.

Before leaving, she added, the robbers fired shots so that local residents would not chase after them.(21)