Robbers raid Goro supermarket in C. Java

Robbers raid Goro supermarket in C. Java

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

A group of robbers armed with rifles and guns raided on Friday
Goro supermarket in Sukoharjo, a town in Central Java, stealing
Rp 157 million (about US$18,000) in cash and cellular phones
worth more than Rp 20 million.

The armed robbers overpowered seven security guards and one
electrician during the raid, detik.com reported. No one was
injured in the incident which took place around 4.00 a.m. on
Friday morning.

Sukoharjo Police chief Adj. Comr. Sr. Bambang Rudi Pratiknya
said the security guards said there were at least 11 robbers who
arrived in three cars.

They described the perpetrators of having short hair and said
they swiftly overpowered the security guards.

"The robbers pointed guns at the security guards and told them
to lie down on the floor. They tied them up but no shots were
fired at all," Bambang said.

The witnesses however were unable to determine the type of
weapons used by the robbers, he said.

"The group went straight to the BNI ATM located nearby the
supermarket's front gate," he said.

"Then they went for the cellular phone counters which were
inside the Goro supermarket," he said.

From the four counters the robbers stole cellular phones and
accessories worth more than Rp 20 million.

He said the robbers also broke into a branch of Bank Bukopin
inside the Goro supermarket building. However, they did not find
any cash after ransacking the office, he added.

Sukoharjo is located 15 kilometers south of the Central Java
town Surakarta, which has had many armed robberies lately.

On Thursday four robbers armed with two pistols stole Rp 28
million from an employee of PT Bumi Seta Cipta Lokajaya, who had
withdrawn money from a Bank BCA branch in Surakarta.

Earlier this year, robbers shot two security guards and made
off with Rp 650 million in a bank heist in the city.