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Victim shot dead in pursuit of Tangerang motorbike robber
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Motorcycles are seen in a parking lot in this Sept. 5 photograph of the former Blora Market in Central Jakarta. (JP/Seto Wardhana)
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n unidentified person shot and killed his victim during the course of a motorbike robbery on Friday in Benda, Tangerang, the local police chief has confirmed.
The victim, Alif Rizki Maulana, 26, died from his wounds at a local hospital.
The incident occurred at around 1:15 a.m., when Alif realized that his motorbike had just been stolen and he chased after the robber, said Tangerang Police chief Sr. Comr. Harry Kurniawan in a report by wartakota.tribunnews.com.
“He found his motorbike, but was shot in the right side of his head,” Harry said,
Alif was rushed to Tangerang General Hospital, but died five hours later at 5.30 a.m.
The police are investigating the crime.
The robbery-homicide is the third fatal crime to occur in Greater Jakarta in the last four months.
In June, a member of a robbery gang shot dead 30-year-old Davidson Tantono in Daan Mogot, West Jakarta, as he tried to prevent the gang from stealing a large sum of money from his car.
Three days later, Italia Chandra Kirana Putri, 22, a resident of Karawaci, Tangerang, was shot in the chest when she tried to fight off robbers caught in the act of stealing her motorcycle from her house. It was reported she died immediately. (wnd)
