Police shoot dead three robbers

Sat, 18 Sep 2004 | Source: JP:ASA

SEMARANG: Police personnel in Central Java raided Istana Hotel in Pekalongan in Central Java province and shot dead three robbers and injured two others, a senior police officer in the province said on Friday.

Another one escaped the raid on Thursday night, said Insp. Gen. Chaerul Rasjid, the chief of Central Java Provincial Police.

The six allegedly robbed three different houses earlier at dawn Thursday in Semarang city. One of the houses belonged to Budiono Arismunandar, 69, the elder brother of former Army chief Gen. (ret) Wismoyo Arismunandar. -- JP

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