Two muggers shot to death

Police shot to muggers to death in two separate places yesterday and Sunday.

Irwan Hidayat, 18, a resident of Jl. Muhamad, Jagakarsa, South Jakarta, was shot in his chest and waist while resisting arrest in Kebayoran Baru area, South Jakarta, yesterday at dawn. He was trying to flee the South Jakarta policemen who caught him red- handed mugging an office worker at the bus shelter.

According to the police, Irwan, who was a regular criminal around the Blok M market, had managed to avoid arrest up to that point.

Another suspected mugger was shot to death in Cengkareng on Sunday night while trying to extort money from a passerby. Ikpoy, alias Saleh, 26, resident of Kampung Utan, East Cengkareng, was shot after he ignored two warning shots by the police. (lem)