Gun used to shoot guard identified
Gun used to shoot guard identified
JAKARTA (JP): Police said yesterday that the gun used in the
shooting of a security guard at a Bank Internasional Indonesia
(BII) branch office in South Jakarta on Tuesday evening was a
high-powered 9-mm FN pistol.
Records indicate that only members of the Army, Air Force and
Navy are authorized to use that gun in Indonesia. However, police
declined to confirm yesterday that this is the case.
City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. Iman Haryatna said the
identification of the gun by the National Police Forensic
Laboratory was based on the three bullets found at the scene and
two others found in the body of the bank's security officer.
Police also found a cartridge case at the scene, Iman said.
"However, the identity of the single suspect and the motive
behind the shooting remains unclear," the spokesman said.
Police said nothing was stolen from the bank.
Chief of the South Jakarta Police Precinct Lt. Col. SY Wenas
said an unidentified man entered the BII Bintaro Permai branch
office on Jl. Veteran just after the last employee left the
office at 7:10 p.m. after working overtime.
"Suddenly, a man came in quickly and refused to be stopped by
the on-duty security guard," Wenas told The Jakarta Post.
After a heated argument, the man threatened to shoot the
guard, identified as Sudirman Aden, 28.
However, Sudirman decided not to allow him to get through and
tried to handcuff the intruder.
The man then shot Sudirman in the thigh, presumably to show
him that he was serious about his threat.
The guard screamed loudly, calling for help.
In response, the intruder shot the security guard again, this
time in the chest, Wenas said. He said this account had been
provided to him by the injured guard himself, who is currently
being treated for the gunshot wounds at the Pertamina hospital.
The intruder then fired several more shots at random, hitting
the banks interior walls of thick glass as well as other surfaces
and leaving the room full of debris. He then fled the scene,
reportedly running to the nearby Tanah Kusir public cemetery.
While a number of people witnessed the events, none of them
gave chase to the fleeing intruder.
At least four witnesses have been questioned by police in
their investigation so far. They are Makmur, a bank security
guard who was to have relieved Sudirman for the evening shift;
Subandi, a cigarette seller; Effendy, a driver; and Hamzah, a
security guard of a nearby department store.
"Everything is still under investigation," a spokesman said.
(bsr)