Wanted robber shot dead

Wanted robber shot dead

JAKARTA (JP): West Jakarta Police detectives fatally shot a
longtime suspected bank robber on Jl. Ring Road Rawa Buaya, Duri
Kosambi, early Monday morning.

West Jakarta police chief of detectives Capt. Sahar identified
the man as Iwan Palepi, 25, who was sought by police for two
daring robberies in 1998 and 1999.

"Iwan robbed Rp 34 million (US$4,535) from a customer of Bank
Buana in Cengkareng in 1998, and robbed Rp 17 million from
another bank customer on Jl. Raya Kapuk, North Jakarta, in 1999,"
Sahar said.

He said Cengkareng Police caught Iwan in a Kilat Jaya night
criminal raid at 12:30 a.m. on Monday. Police confiscated a gun
and five bullets from Iwan.

"Since he is a wanted robber, Iwan was immediately surrendered
to the West Jakarta Police. Iwan then told us that his
accomplices, Rizal and Kadir, live somewhere in Duri Kosambi, and
that he would show us the place."

He added that once the detectives and Iwan reached Jl. Ring
Road Rawa Buaya, detectives found the police car could not pass
through the narrow lane.

The detectives and Iwan got out of the police vehicle, and
started walking toward the residences Iwan identified.

"Iwan tried to take off. Our detectives shot him in the leg,
he still tried to run. Detectives then had to shoot him in the
back," Sahar said.

Iwan died on the way to the National Police Kramatjati
Hospital in East Jakarta. (ylt)