Vandals burgle small shop

Vandals burgle small shop

TANGERANG (JP): A group of about five armed men robbed a small shop over the weekend, just weeks after a massive police operation was to have rid the city of preman.

According to Vinawati, the 33-year-old shop owner, two of the five broke into her shop, which is also used as her residence, at around 4 a.m. Thursday wearing masks and brandishing guns and other fierce weaponry.

"One them pointed his gun at my one-and-a-half-year-old son, while the other one put his sickle around my neck and asked my husband, Aman, 34, to show them where our money and valuable things were," she told The Jakarta Post.

Her younger brother, 20-year-old Andre, who lives with the family, was slightly beaten by the robbers as he tried to defend his family.

"I saw two or three people waiting outside," Vinawati added.

According to her, the group left the house along with Rp 3 million (US$1,319) cash, 40 grams of gold jewelry, watches, a 21- inch television set and a radio pager.

The family has a maid and a driver, who live with them at their house on Jl.Layar Raya 44 at the Bumi Kelapa Dua housing complex in Curug.

Tangerang police detectives are still investigating the case. (bsr)