Two Red Ax members shot dead

Two Red Ax members shot dead

JAKARTA (JP): The leader of the notorious Red Ax gang and one
of its members were shot dead in their rented house on Jl.
Pedongkelan, North Jakarta, on Thursday morning.

Police shot the men, identified as Haryanto Wagiman alias The
Captain, 25, and Ade Subakti, 31, for resisting police arrest
after the latter gave two warning shots.

The men were both shot in their backs by police officers who
raided the house at 3 a.m. The officers seized a cellular phone
and two red axes from the suspects.

On the way to Kramatjati police hospital, Haryanto admitted to
committing 20 robberies in separate locations in Jakarta,
including the Coca Cola junction at Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan,
East Jakarta, and in front of Mal Ciputra in Grogol, West
Jakarta.

Both suspects died on their way to hospital.

The arrests of the two men were made after the police arrested
another of the gang's members, identified as Topan, in North
Jakarta last week.

At least five members of the gang, who are notorious for
street robberies, have been shot dead by police while more than
six members have been arrested since last month.

The gang usually steal cellular phones and sideview mirrors of
cars trapped in traffic jams or at traffic lights. (jun)