Coming With A Gun, Robbers At Otista Jatinegara Flush Indomaret Employees With Gasoline

Screen capture of CCTV footage at Indomaret Otista, East Jakarta, armed robbery

JAKARTA - Two armed robbers carried out a robbery at Indomaret Otista Biduri, Jalan Otista, RT 01/03, Bidaracina Village, Jatinegara District, East Jakarta. Worse, one of the perpetrators poured gasoline on one of the Indomaret cashier employees and threatened to set fire to it.

According to the eyewitness and victim of the robbery, Amelia, she and her colleague Sigit experienced the incident. Two perpetrators arrived at around 13.14 WIB.

Amelia said, the two perpetrators entered Indomaret and immediately approached the cashier. One of the perpetrators pretended to be buying cigarettes. Then, another perpetrator approached Sigit and poured gasoline on Sigit's body.

"The perpetrator had threatened to set fire to it," he said in his statement to the police, Friday, June 10.

The perpetrator threatened to burn it. Then Sigit tried to fight the perpetrator, but the other perpetrator who was at the cashier approached Sigit and again threatened to use a firearm.

The perpetrator then dragged Sigit to the cashier and took some money that was in the cashier's drawer. After the two left with some money, the victim immediately reported to the police. The action was also caught on a CCTV camera inside the mini market.

Head of Criminal Investigation Unit for East Jakarta Metro Police AKBP Ahsanul Muqaffi confirmed the incident.

"We are still investigating, please pray that the perpetrators will be revealed quickly," he said when confirmed by VOI, Friday, June 10, afternoon.