House robbed after owners receive warning
House robbed after owners receive warning
JAKARTA (JP): A group of five men armed with sharp weapons
broke into a house at Jati Padang, South Jakarta, Saturday
morning, taking the family's Kijang van and several electronic
goods, police said over the weekend.
No fatalities were reported but a member of the family got his
arm slashed with a machete by one of the robbers, City Police
spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said.
The owner of the house, Achmad, 45, told police that three
hours before the 6 a.m. robbery, he received an anonymous phone
call from a man saying that he and his accomplices were going to
rob the house.
"I thought it was too early in the morning to call the police
that's why I just went back to bed," entrepreneur Achmad said.
According to his driver, Hamzah, he was trying to stop the
robbers when he saw they left the house with the vehicle.
"But they pointed a weapon, maybe a gun, at me. It was dark
and I was scared," Hamzah recalled.
Saturday's robbery at Jati Padang is one of a series of armed
robberies that have occurred in the capital within three days,
causing losses amounting to hundreds of millions of rupiah.
The previous day, a group of 12 robbers armed with guns and
machetes struck a residential house in the Bumi Serpong Damai
complex, Tangerang.
At about 5 a.m., they robbed Dento Prakosa Pranoto, 29, and
threatened the whole family with their weapons.
The robbers left the scene with Rp 700,000 in cash, 100 grams
of gold, two cellular phones and a car radio/cassette player,
which all amounted to Rp 41 million.
The robbers made an easy escape in a sedan. The robbery is
being handled by Tangerang Police, Aritonang said.
On Thursday afternoon, six armed men grabbed Rp 100 million
from three Bank Yama employees at Metro Sunter, North Jakarta.
"The employees had just taken the money from Bank BNI, when
suddenly, three men threatened them with guns," Aritonang said.
The robbers made their escaped on three RX King motorbikes and
fired into the air to make their way out from the crowds.
The case is being handled by Tanjung Priok Police.
"We urge residents to be careful and to watch out for any
possible criminal acts. If you have to carry a great deal of
money, asked for a security escort. The police will give the
service free of charge," Aritonang said. (edt)