Suspected criminal shot dead

Suspected criminal shot dead

JAKARTA (JP): Police have confirmed reports of a suspected criminal being killed on Monday.

Sources at the City Police Headquarters said on Wednesday that Santo Abu Nawas was shot dead in Kosambi, West Jakarta, while resisting arrest.

The 37-year-old criminal was known to police as a trouble maker and was wanted for his last robbery in Bogor, police said.

An officer shot him five times, including in the head, when he tried to escape. His body was then taken to the police hospital in Kramat Jati, West Jakarta.

Another man was also shot on Monday in connection with a robbery in Bogor. The five others involved are still at large. However, an officer said, "police have identified them". (09)