Suspected robber shot to death

Suspected robber shot to death

Police said that an officer shot to death a member of a gang
of five who robbed passengers of a 12-seat Mikrolet minivan in
front of the Mayasari Bakti bus pool on Jl. Lt. Gen. Sutoyo in
Cililitan, East Jakarta.

Pos Kota reported that Second Sgt. Anggiat, who tried to foil
the robbery, shot two of the suspects as they stabbed him in the
chest.

One of the suspects, identified as Kuat Ginting, 20, a
resident of Cililitan, Kramat Jati, died instantly while the
other who was shot, identified only as HP, 28, is still
hospitalized at Kramat Jati police hospital. Sgt. Anggiat was
also treated at the hospital.

Another suspect, whose identity was withheld by police, was
captured by area residents.

But two other suspects are still at large.

The robbery, according to Ronny Eka Siti, 33, one of the
victims, took place at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday not long after the
minivan plying the Kampung Melayu-Gandaria route picked up
passengers in front of the Mayasari Bus pool.

Pardi, 46, the driver of the minivan, could do nothing to help
his passengers because the suspects, who were armed with machetes
and knives, threatened to kill him. (has)