JAKARTA (JP): Three victims of Wednesday's bombing at Atrium
JAKARTA (JP): Three victims of Wednesday's bombing at Atrium
Plaza, Senen, Central Jakarta, who were earlier treated at the
Army's Gatot Subroto Hospital, have been moved to Kramat Jati
Police Hospital, East Jakarta, a police official said on Friday.
City police chief of detectives Sr. Comr. Adang Rochyana said
that the move was made to speed up the police investigation of
the case.
"The three are key witnesses in the bombing," Adang told
reporters, adding that one of the witnesses might become a
suspect on the case.
He said the three witnesses are Suryadi, a resident of
Bengkulu province, Dodi of Kebagusan Kecil, South Jakarta and
Drajat of Cipinang Asem, East Jakarta.
Police sources said the investigation might lead to the
involvement of Dodi whose right leg was amputated because of the
blast.
The blast, which rocked the six-story plaza, injured at least
six people.
Meanwhile, the plaza resumed operations on Friday after being
closed on Thursday due to a police forensic investigation.
A McDonald's employee on the first floor of the plaza said
many visitors had come to the restaurant.(jun)
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Two robbers mobbed to death
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TANGERANG (JP): Two suspects from a group of three that had
allegedly robbed two public minivan passengers were beaten to
death by angry residents on Jl. Thamrin, Penunggangan Utara
subdistrict, late on Thursday.
The third managed to escape being lynched.
Curug subprecinct police chief Adj. Comr. Syamsu said the dead
suspects were Amir Talaoha, 42, a resident of Kelapa village,
Kelapa Indah subdistrict, Tangerang, and Muksin Edi, 25, a
resident of Kampung Melayu, Jatinegara, East Jakarta.
Two minivan passengers, Ester, 26, and Sarah, 24, told the
police they boarded the vehicle plying the Lippo Karawaci -
Cikokol route at 7:30 p.m., at Lippo Supermal.
As the minivan arrived at Jl. Gading Serpong, three
unidentified men stopped the vehicle and got into it, Syamsu
said.
He said that only a hundred meters further down the road, one
of the three men held up the driver with a knive and ordered him
to keep driving, while the other men told the passengers to hand
over their valuables.
After taking the victims' belongings, including wallets and
jewelry, the three men got out.
Ester and Sarah were brave enough to shout 'thieves!' at the
three men as they tried to escape. Dozens of people managed to
chase and surround Amir and Muksin, while the other man, who is
still unidentified, fled the scene.
The angry people immediately began beating up the two robbers
with whatever objects they could find, causing the death of the
two men at the crime scene.
Some residents were about to incinerate the bodies when police
officers arrived; they subsequently dispatched the bodies to
Tangerang General Hospital morgue.(41)