German national robbed

German national robbed

JAKARTA (JP): Twelve men armed with sickles and swords broke
into the residence of a German national early on Friday morning
and robbed him of hundreds of millions of rupiah worth of gold
jewelry and cash.

The police identified the victim as Eugene Kramb, 60, whose
ear and hand were struck with a sickle, during the robbery at his
residence at Jl. Kemang Selatan 12E, Cilandak, South Jakarta.

The incident occurred at 2 a.m. on Friday.

The robbers broke through a window of the victim's house and
entered his bedroom. Eugene, who was asleep, was startled by the
sounds and woke up.

"He tried to fight the robbers, but the men immediately struck
Eugene's ear and thumb with a sickle," South Jakarta police
detective First Lt. Ami Prindani told reporters on Friday.

He added that Eugene reportedly worked in the technical
division of the Mercedes Benz car company.

While the two robbers held Eugene down, Ami said, the 10 other
men robbed Eugene of a safebox reportedly containing 20 luxury
watches, Rp 68 million in cash, US$500 and DM100 in cash, a
television set, a cellphone and gold jewelry, in total worth
hundreds of millions of rupiah.

The police questioned Eugene's gardener and maid, who claimed
that, during the entire incident, they heard nothing and
therefore slept soundly. (ylt)