Robbery In Cilandak, Martabak Seller Don't Dare To Fight Because His Neck Is Wrapped With Sickles

Screen capture video of robbery in Cilandak, South Jakarta

JAKARTA - A gang of robbers armed with sharp knives robbed a mobile phone belonging to a martabak seller on Cilandak KKO Street, Ragunan, Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta. The robbery was caught on a CCTV camera at the kiosk.

In CCTV video footage, the perpetrators can be seen entering the shop and immediately snatching the victim's cellphone. The perpetrator seized while threatening by swinging a sickle at the victim. The incident was recorded on Monday, September 27, at around 01.32 western Indonesia time.

Other perpetrators also threatened the victim with a sickle he was carrying. After getting their target item, the perpetrators fled by walking leisurely while carrying various sharp weapons.

Supani (31), a victim of a robbery, admitted that he was threatened with a sickle during the incident.

"(The perpetrators) There were four people, teenagers, went straight in and grabbed the cellphone. He threatened me with a sickle and a machete," said the victim, Tuesday, September 18.

Apparently, Supani's friend was also the target of the robbers. The perpetrators entered and took Supani's friend's cellphone.

"Threatened, (told) to be quiet. If not I'd be stabbed. There was a friend (carrying a motorbike) who was wrapped in sickles and his cellphone was also taken," he said.

Supani said the perpetrators were about 8 people with skinny figures and were still teenagers.

For this incident, the victim reported to the Pasar Minggu Police with a loss of millions of rupiah.

Meanwhile, because the case went viral on social media, the Crime Unit of the South Jakarta Metro Police immediately conducted a crime scene investigation. In addition, the police also took statements from victims and witnesses.

The police also confiscated CCTV footage as evidence of the crimes committed by the perpetrators. A total of 4 CCTVs were confiscated to chase the perpetrators of the robbery.