Residents Catch Three Robbers

Tangerang (Antara Bali) - Three robbers at Alfamart minimarket at Jalan TMP Taruna, Sukasari village, Tangerang subdistrict, Tangerang, Banten, had been caught by local residents.

"Actually there were four perpetrators, but one got away by a motorcycle,"  Bambang, of Sukasari village said Tuesday.

He said a night watchman on duty besides the minimarket heard a scream from an Alfamart employee at midnight.

With fellow residents I approached the screaming employee, and saw four men armed with sharp weapons rushing out of Alfamart and pursued by the residents," Bambang who is a parking attendant by profession at the minimarket.

The robbers who appeared not to know the area well, escaped into houses in the area, but three of them had been caught, but the other one managed to escape.(IGT/T007)