Two shot dead by police

Two shot dead by police

JAKARTA (JP): Police shot dead two men Wednesday in Central
Jakarta and Bogor, bringing the number of alleged criminals shot
in the city and surrounding areas to 65 this year.

Central Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col. M. Ibrahim said Johan
Malik, 32, was shot dead in a house on Jl. Suprapto, in Cempaka
Putih in the early morning.

"Malik was shot because he tried to attack a police officer
with a sickle. He died with two shot wounds to the head and
chest," Ibrahim said.

He said the police had been searching for Malik for his
involvement in several robberies of bank customers since last
year.

Ibrahim said the suspect and his accomplice robbed a bank
customer of Rp 75 million (US$31,250) in February last year on
Jl. Kenari, after deflating a tire of the victim's car.

On May 7, Malik robbed a bank customer of Rp 3 million on Jl.
Kramat Raya in front of the Ridwan Rais Hospital.

He said the suspect also robbed a Standard Chartered Bank
customer of US$10,000 in October on Jl. Salemba.

Meanwhile, City Police spokesman E. Aritonang said police shot
dead Zulfi Assegaf alias Zulfikar for resisting arrest in Nagrak,
Cileungsi, Bogor in the early morning. Two warning shots had been
fired when Zulfikar tried to escape, he said.

He said Zulfikar, a resident of Jl. Anil, in Pondok Gede,
Bekasi, had been involved in several car thefts.

The police seized a computer, traffic police stamp equipment,
and two credit cards from the suspect when he was arrested last
week.

Aritonang earlier said 15 percent of shot suspects had
survived. (jun/cst)