Security guard killed in S. Jakarta robbery
Security guard killed in S. Jakarta robbery
JAKARTA (JP): A group of seven robbers broke into an Ades
mineral water distribution office in Tanjung Barat, South
Jakarta, making away with the safety deposit box after killing a
security guard and wounding two others early Saturday morning.
The armed robbers arrived in a Kijang van at the office at
around 2 a.m. and ambushed the on-duty guards and brutally killed
Odang Sasmita, a retired traffic policeman, who attempted to
defend himself, city police spokesman Lt. Col. Zainuri Lubis
said.
On seeing their superior assaulted by the robbers, other
security guards Wahyudi alias Keling and Nikon tried to give help
but were hit with iron bars by the attackers.
Odang died of multiple stab wounds, while his subordinates
suffered wounds to the head.
Odang's body was rushed to Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital
in Central Jakarta by police for a post-mortem examination.
Lubis told reporters that police were looking into the
involvement of people familiar with the office and its security
situation, as the robbers knew which part of the fence they could
jump over and which direction they could take to the safety
deposit box.
"The group seemed to be very professional in the way they
handled the security guards," he said.
Meanwhile, the head of a public health center in Patrasena
village, Kresek district in Tangerang, was shot in the waist by a
group of six alleged robbers who broke into his house early
Saturday morning.
Nurdin, 32, was awaken by noisy activity at his house and
tried to drive away the robbers who entered by breaking down the
front door.
"Instead of running away, however, one of the robbers shot him
in the waist," an officer of the Tangerang police precinct said.
No information on the state of the wound the victim sustained
was available.
The officer, who asked not to be named, said the robbers also
overpowered Nurdin's wife, Dede, and tied up her legs and hands
and gagged her mouth with a piece of cloth. They even threatened
to kill her if she shouted for help, he said.
The robbers immediately left in a vehicle which had been
parked near the incident site, making away with a 20-inch TV set,
35 grams of gold jewelry and cash amounting to Rp 10 million.
The robbery is still under investigation by the officer, head
of the Tangerang detective unit Capt. Krisnandi said.
(41/emf/hhr)