One killed in daylight robbery

DEPOK: Armed robbers held up four civil servants from the National Land Agency (BPN) in Depok on Monday afternoon, killing one. The robbery took place at about 11 a.m. on Jl. Pramuka Pitara in Pancoran Mas district, Depok.

The four civil servants -- Safe'i, Zainudin, Suharno and Sugiono -- had withdrawn Rp 150 million (US$17,647) from the Bank BCA branch on Jl. Raya Bogor in Cimanggis, Depok, to pay the salaries of the civil servants in their office.

Police say that four robbers on two motorcycles followed the civil servants from the moment they left the bank in their car.

When they reached Jl. Pramuka Pitara, the four robbers pulled up alongside the vehicle and pointed their guns at Suharno, who was driving. The robbers fired several shots into the vehicle when Suharno attempted to flee, hitting Sugiono in the chest.

The robbers then grabbed the bag with the money from inside the car and fled.

Suharno drove to the Pancoran Mas Police station, about two kilometers from the scene of the robbery. Police took Sugiono to the Bakti Yudha Hospital, where he died an hour later from severe blood loss.

Pancoran Mas Police chief Adj. Comr. Antonius Sudjito said his officers were investigating the case. -- JP