Two robbers shot dead

Two robbers shot dead

JAKARTA (JP): Police officers have shot dead two suspected
robbers who were resisting arrest on Jl. Pluit Raya Selatan in
North Jakarta.

City Police spokesman Lt. Col. Iman Haryatna confirmed the
shooting of Suheri Sitanggang, 20, a resident of Kapuk Kebon
Jahe, West Jakarta, and Sunjaya, 21, on Tuesday.

Iman said the men, known to be notorious street hoodlums in
the area, robbed Ervina Oktaviani, 18, a resident of Jl.
Tangkiwood, West Jakarta, and Suryanto, 22, a resident of Jl.
Sunter Podomoro, North Jakarta.

"The Penjaringan police subprecinct officers swiftly chased
the hoodlums after receiving a report from the couple," he said.

Iman said Suheri was shot in the hip and Sunjaya was shot in
the hip and back. They died on the way to the Kramatdjati police
hospital.

He said the hoodlums threatened the couple with machetes
before snatching Ervina's 10-gram gold necklace.

Iman said the two men were repeat offenders having been
involved in several previous robberies. Sunjaya had just been
released from the Cipinang Correctional Institution on March 11.
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