Robbers make off with sedan

Robbers make off with sedan

TANGERANG (JP); Three men robbed a resident of Bona Sarana Indah housing complex in Tangerang and made off with a sedan, tape recorder, 50 grams of gold and Rp 600,000 in cash yesterday.

The assailants overwhelmed the baby sitter Sunarti, and housemaid Ijah, in the house of Yulius Chandra, who was out when the robbery took place at about 9 a.m.

Sunarti said she was caring for Chandra's child, Fiter, 4, when the three men, who claimed they had been asked by Chandra to repair the leaking roof on the second floor, arrived.

As one of the three was a man they knew as a worker who had previously been hired by Chandra to repair the house they were not suspicious.

Ijah accompanied one of the robbers to the second floor while the other two remained downstairs with Sunarti.

Ijah said suddenly the man threatened to kill her with a knife. "He forced me to say where Mr. Chandra keeps his money and jewelry," she said.

The two other men attacked Sunarti, gagged her and tied her arms and legs with ropes.

Only after the robbers escaped did Ijah shout for help.

Eyewitnesses said that the three arrived in a taxi, which dropped them at a nearby junction.

Police said it will only be a matter of time before they are arrested as they have all been identified. (18/sur)