Police question two people over armed robbery
Police question two people over armed robbery
JAKARTA (JP): Police are questioning two men strongly believed
to have participated in an armed robbery at Hero supermarket in
Kali Malang in East Jakarta on Sunday.
"We haven't named the two men as suspects but we are still
questioning them in connection with the robbery and the guns used
in the crime," head of East Jakarta police detectives Maj. Endang
Sunjaya told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
However, other reliable police sources said that interrogation
of the two was finished.
Three men were wounded in the robbery. Several shop windows
and three cars were also damaged by the shots fired by some of
the masked robbers.
In its news report on Wednesday afternoon, a private
television station aired the arrest of the two men at a retired
servicemen's housing complex in Kali Malang.
The TV station said the two suspects, Imron and Hardi, are
relatives of a retired Armed Forces member.
"For the time being, we have not named anybody as suspects in
the robbery at the Hero supermarket," officer Endang said, adding
that the news report was false.
"We don't want to be sloppy and name someone as a suspect," he
said. "We need time to gather as much information and evidence as
possible to support our preliminary conclusion before reaching a
final outcome," added the senior city detective.
"We'll disclose all the details soon after the investigation
has been completed," he said.
According to eyewitnesses, at least three masked men, each
armed with an automatic gun, entered the supermarket on Jl. Raya
Kali Malang in Duren Sawit at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday.
One of the robbers randomly fired an automatic rifle in an
apparent attempt to create chaos and panic among the customers
and supermarket employees.
Soon after the robbery, the masked men left the scene by car.
It is believed one of them stole Rp 260,000 from a cashier.
In the parking lot, the group shot an ojek (a motorcycle taxi)
driver, who threw a stone at the getaway car.
Two other men were wounded in the robbery, the supermarket's
security guard and a coffee shop employee. Both were wounded by
stray bullets. Three cars, including a BMW sedan, were slightly
damaged by shots.
A total of 14 spent cartridges were found at the scene and
have been handed over to ballistic scientists at the National
Police Forensic Laboratory Center for further identification.
"We haven't received any report about the identification of
the cartridges," said city police spokesman Lt. Co. Iman Haryatna
on Wednesday.
The guns used by the robbers are believed to be FN and AK 47
automatic rifles. (bsr)