Police shoot car thief

Police shoot car thief

JAKARTA (JP): Police shot dead a man and arrested his friend
yesterday for allegedly stealing a Kijang van on Jl. Pengadegan
Barat, South Jakarta.

The Chief of the South Jakarta detectives Maj. Rycko AD. said
Damiri, 30, was shot dead for resisting arrest, while his friend,
Aji Reza, 31, was arrested while in the van.

He said a police patrol saw Damiri acting suspicious standing
next to a parked van belonging to a local resident, with another
man, later known as Aji, in the van.

The police seized two knives a screwdriver from Aji who was
trapped in the van, he said.

During preliminary interrogations, Aji admitted to having
stolen 11 cars in the past three months, Rycko said.

The police were hunting for the cars' buyers, he said.

Damiri lived in Babak village, Pekalongan regency, Central
Java, while Aji lived on Jl. Kampung Bidara Cina, in East
Jakarta, he said. (jun)