Robber shot to death

Robber shot to death

JAKARTA (JP): The East Jakarta police detectives on Friday
shot dead an alleged member of a three-member robber gang as he
was trying to resist the police arrest.

Tumpak Marbun, 30, was arrested on Friday morning at his house
in Bekasi. He and his colleagues, Komando Panjaitan and Saut
Sihombing, had been searched by the police for their alleged
roles in 14 robbery cases.

Marbun then took the police to Cawang Bawah area in East
Jakarta, where Panjaitan and Sihombing live.

Upon arriving at the location, the police saw Panjaitan and
Sihombing were about to commit another robbery. The police tried
to arrest the two, but they managed to leave the location on a
public van after threatening and forcing the driver to get out of
the car.

Marbun tried to escape by kicking one of the police
detectives, but was shot in his stomach. His body was sent to the
Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital's morgue. (06)