Police arrest boxer over alleged taxi robbery attempt

Police arrest boxer over alleged taxi robbery attempt

JAKARTA (JP): Mampang police detectives of South Jakarta
arrested a local boxer on Saturday evening for allegedly
attempting to rob a taxi driver at dagger-point on Jl. Mampang
Prapatan V.

South Jakarta Police chief of detectives Maj. Ahmad Alwi
identified the suspect as Tinus Nero, 32, a resident of Jl.
Legoso, Pisangan subdistrict of Ciputat, Tangerang.

The victim was identified as R. Septo Suhardiyanto, 45, a
driver of Blue Bird taxi with door registration number A 4012.

"The boxer, who seemed to be drunk, took the taxi from the
area of Nasional University in Pejaten and asked to be driven to
Mampang. Upon reaching the crime scene, he took out a small
dagger and pointed it at the driver and told the latter to hand
over all his cash," Ahmad said.

"The driver resisted and screamed for help. Angry residents in
the area came immediately and beat the suspect very badly. Police
then arrived to take him to Mampang police subprecinct."

Police confiscated the dagger as evidence.

In an unrelated development, Mampang Police detectives said
they are totally in the dark on the whereabouts and identities of
two men, who murdered an ojek (motorcycle taxi) driver at about
2:40 a.m. on Sunday on Jl. Abdul Rochim, Kuningan Barat, Mampang
Prapatan.

According to a police source, detectives have found no clues
that could lead to the identification of the two suspects.

"The murderers were after the driver's wallet containing only
Rp 10,000 and his Honda Astrea motorcycle," said the detective
who requested for anonymity.

He said that one of the suspects had taken the ojek from the
Mampang Prapatan area, and asked to be driven to the crime scene
where his accomplice waited.

While one grabbed the driver's wallet, the other had his hand
on the driver's motorcycle, the detective said.

"When the victim resisted to give up his wallet, one suspect
took out his machete and struck hard on the victim's stomach...
and then on the right thigh. The victim screamed for help, as his
intestines started to loosen out of his stomach," the detective
said.

The victim's cries were heard by two nearby security guards,
Nuryadi and Bustomi, who chased after the suspects.

"The suspects got away... the guards rushed back to help the
victim. He was loosing too much blood. The victim died at the
scene." (ylt)