Sumatra's police shoot 50 suspects

Sumatra's police shoot 50 suspects

BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: Police in Sumatra shot at least 50
suspects in the past three months, with two dying from gun shot
wounds.

Chief detective Lt. Col. Yoyon Prasetyo told Antara on
Saturday the suspects were allegedly involved in a number of
armed robberies, some of which resulted in murders.

Yoyon said 24 of the suspects were shot in North Lampung, 20
in Central Lampung, with the rest in the provincial capital and
South Lampung.

He said police shot dead Suprianto, 28, and Maryanto, 26, both
Way Jepara residents in Central Lampung, because they assaulted
police officers during their arrests.

Lampung Police chief Col. Gendro Budi Santoso, said a
province-wide operation to safeguard motorists on roads widely
perceived as vulnerable to robberies, was recently launched. The
operation will last one month and involve five detective units,
police special force members and traffic police.