Victims Of Robbery At Rebo Market Say The Perpetrators Brought Firearms, Open The Door When The Call To Prayer Sounded So That They Were Not Heard

Screen capture of CCTV footage of motor vehicle theft in Pasar Rebo/ East Jakarta

JAKARTA - A gang of motorcycle thieves carrying firearms was caught on CCTV camera while in action on Jalan Sabeni 1, Kalisari, Pasar Rebo, East Jakarta. The victim screamed and chased the perpetrator, but to no avail.

Based on CCTV surveillance camera footage, the two perpetrators came on motorbikes. One of the perpetrators then got off the motorbike and opened the gate of the victim's house.

From inside a resident's house, the perpetrator broke the contact of one of the automatic motorbikes with a letter T key. In the action, the perpetrator was strongly suspected of carrying a firearm.

"Initially, I saw that he was opening the fence. When he took his motorbike and started walking, I screamed but no one was quiet," said Yanti, the victim who owns the motorbike, Thursday, July 28.

The victim saw the perpetrator's action by peeking through the garage door, but the victim, who is a housewife, did not dare to do much because she saw an object similar to a firearm stored in the perpetrator's waist.

"At the time of the call to prayer, all (the fences) were opened by him slowly, when the call to prayer was not heard (the sound of the door being opened). He was carrying a weapon," he said.

The theft of the perpetrator took place quite quickly. In less than 5 minutes, the perpetrators managed to steal the victim's motorbike.

The victim tried to catch up while yelling at the perpetrator, but to no avail. Moreover, at the time of the incident the situation in the victim's house was deserted from the activities of other residents.

"The Honda Beat motorbike took. The perpetrator fled to Jalan Raya Bogor," he explained.

As a result of the incident, the victim reported to the Pasar Rebo Police. The victim hopes that the perpetrators will be caught by the police quickly and that his motorbike will return.

"This area is prone to theft. At that time there was a thief in the front house, missing jewelry," he concluded.