MAKASSAR - Two thugs who grabbed bags and slashed women in Makassar with machetes were arrested by the police. The two robbers were arrested in separate locations.

Head of Public Relations for the Panakkukang Police, Bripka, Ahmad Halim, said the perpetrator with the initials Al was arrested on Jalan Kandea Makassar, Thursday, January 21. Meanwhile, the perpetrator with the initials Ma (25) was arrested Saturday, January 23.

The perpetrator Al who took the bags of mothers. Meanwhile, MA acts as a motor carrier.

"As a result of investigations by members in the field, one of the perpetrators was at Jalan Kandea Makassar City so that the members moved quickly to the intended location and succeeded in securing Al," said Bripka Halim, confirmed on Sunday, January 24.

The police then chased after Ma by taking Al to confirm the whereabouts of the perpetrator. But the perpetrator Al tried to escape.

The police fired three warning shots into the air but Al still tried to escape. The police also shot the thief.

"The leg of the right calf twice and the perpetrator was taken to the Bhayangkara hospital," he explained.

The two perpetrators, along with evidence of a machete, motorbike, and victim's property, are now at the Panakkukang Police to undergo the legal process.

These two thugs took action by targeting mothers who were riding motorbikes on Jalan Meranti, Panakkukang. The video of this robbery was recorded by CCTV and distributed to social media

The victim, named Citra, had just returned home with her child after selling in Toddopuli, Makassar.

"From the place of sale, it was at night around 23.00 WITA," said Citra, confirmed by reporters, Thursday, January 7.

The victim thought that at that time the two perpetrators only wanted to ask the victim. The perpetrator approached him and immediately pulled the victim's bag while taking out and swinging his machete from inside his shirt.

"At first I thought that I wanted to ask, I stopped to give my son down, I haven't gotten off the motorbike. There came a person, stopped, pulled my bag, I asked why the tug of action was? Why immediately took the machete out of his shirt, immediately, wanted to break the rope ,, "he explained.

The perpetrator failed to steal the victim's bag. But the knife hit the victim's finger until it was injured.


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