Fugitives shot after chase

UJUNGPANDANG: Local police have shot dead two of three men who have been on the run for a month for stealing Rp 10.3 from a bank client.

Police sources said yesterday the two fugitives identified only as Ac, 20, and Dod, 21, were shot in the legs for trying to escape in an early morning raid Thursday.

They are now being treated at the Bhayangkara police hospital.

Police said Ac, Dod and another friend, still unidentified, stole the Rp 10.3 million early last month from a man who had just withdrawn the money from a local bank.

The man stopped at a shop on Jl. A. Walanae on the way home and was robbed on the way to his car, police said.

Ac and Dod told The Jakarta Post yesterday they had used the money for a motorcycle, TV sets and clothes. "I have sold the motorcycle," said Ac.

They said they had hidden in Galesong Utara district, 30 kilometers from Ujungpandang. (37/sur)