Police say man shot 'for unclear reasons'

Police say man shot 'for unclear reasons'

JAKARTA (JP): Tangerang Police detectives have the shell of
a .8 caliber bullet and the police number of a motorcycle, used
by an unidentified person to shoot a man in the Gembor
subdistrict of Jatiuwung, Tangerang, on Friday evening.

"The victim is being operated on for a gunshot wound to his
right chest at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital," Pudji told The
Jakarta Post on Friday evening.

"It was a traffic offense misunderstanding ... or something of
that sort. We got the shell and the motorcycle's registration
number. We are still investigating this case and have yet to find
the real motive of this shooting."

A staffer at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, who requested
anonymity, identified the victim as Aris AS, 30.

Aris was shot in the neighborhood community 04 of Gembor,
Jatiuwung. He was wheeled into the hospital at 8:40 p.m.

In an unrelated development, Pudji said police were still in
the dark about suspects who robbed some 200 grams of gold
jewelry, cartons of cigarettes and a Kijang Rover van from a
house in Gardu village in Ciracap, Legok district.

The robbers broke into the house of the victim, Emit Mat
Soleh, 50, at about 2:10 a.m. on Friday.

"They tied Emit up with long ropes, gagged him and threw him
into the bathroom," Pudji said.

"They then took whatever they could get their hands on and
threw the items into the victim's Kijang Rover, a 1995 model with
license number B 1532 FC, complete with car documents, and ran
off. The losses amount to some Rp 200 million (US$26,700)," Pudji
said.

"They also took Emit's Honda Astrea Supra motorcycle."

Separately, angry residents of Jatisampurna, Pondok Gede in
Bekasi, beat a man to death upon hearing the screams of a man who
cried out that the victim was a thief, at about 2:30 p.m. on
Thursday.

The police report stated that the victim, identified as Lovi
Achmad, 26, was riding a motorcycle past the house of Samin bin
Mira, 45.

Upon seeing Lovi on the motorcycle, Samin screamed "Thief!".
Lovi was immediately chased by residents, and upon reaching Jl.
Raya Kerangan in Jatisampurna, Pondok Gede, residents caught up
with him and beat him to death.

In the case of armed bank robberies, Greater Jakarta Police,
however, have been unable to solve a single case of theft.

National Police chief Lt. Gen. Rusdihardjo said
on Wednesday that more armed police officers would be deployed to
secure bank withdrawals, following the attempted robbery on
Monday in which a North Jakarta Police officer was shot.

"Personnel and weapons will be added ... rifles will be
allowed, since threats toward one's life are quite serious,"
Rusdihardjo told reporters following a visit to the Gatot Subroto
Army Hospital in Central Jakarta, where Chief Cpl. Durjani of the
North Jakarta Police internal affairs office is receiving
treatment for gunshot wounds.

Durjani was shot during the attempted robbery of a safe
containing Rp 2.5 billion (US$357,200) in front of Bank Rakyat
Indonesia (BRI) on Jl. Veteran, Central Jakarta.

Durjani shot and killed a man, identified as Djafar, in front
of the BRI branch. Durjani was shot by Djafar in the thighs.

Police said the money belonged to the Tanjung Priok BRI
branch, and was withdrawn from the central bank on Jl. M.H.
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