Two robbers mobbed on street

Two robbers mobbed on street

JAKARTA (JP): Police held two men after they had been mobbed
by angry residents on Jl. Juanda, Gambir in Central Jakarta late
on Wednesday for allegedly robbing a bus passenger.

Gambir subprecinct police chief Comr. Nurhadi said, the
suspects, Ari, 21, and Yudi, 24, -- both residents of Perumnas I,
Tangerang -- had tried to rob a passenger on a city bus plying
the Grogol-Pasar Baru route.

He said another passenger who happened to see what was going
on shouted "robber" repeatedly, causing the two suspects to run
off, discard a sickle and a knife of theirs in Ciliwung river.

He added that other people along the road, who heard the
shouting, chased and caught up with the two men and beat them up
before they handed them over to the police.(01)