Four robbers shot dead in Bekasi

Four robbers shot dead in Bekasi

JAKARTA (JP): Four suspected robbers were shot dead when
trying to escape from police on Jl. Tegal Gede, Lemah Abang,
Bekasi on Thursday.

Police said they had been under observation for months since
they were suspected of holding up trucks in Cibitung, Bekasi and
Cikampek, east of here.

The suspects, identified as Robi Iswandi, 33; S.J. Dolim, 39;
Wagiman, 41; and Udin Waisin, 42, were all riding in one Kijang
van.

A police patrol passing along the road at 2 a.m. became
suspicious as they were constantly being preceded by a van. The
police then ordered the van to pull over.

Instead the van sped away but the police managed to catch up
with it and forced the passengers to get out.

They all tried to flee, police said, but two were immediately
shot dead. The other two headed towards nearby bushes. The police
fired warning shots which were ignored by the suspects. The
police then fatally wounded them also. The four bodies were later
sent to the morgue of Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital in
Central Jakarta.

The Bekasi police said they seized two sickles, one knife and
homemade guns from the van. (07)