Thwart Robbery, Two Indomaret Employees Tricked Two Men Who Looked For Safe Money

A group of armed robbers raided an Indomaret minimarket on Jalan Pusdiklat Depnaker, RT 10/05, Makasar Village, Makasar District, East Jakarta. As a result of the robbery, two Indomaret employees became victims.

Two Indomaret employees with the initials FF (23) and MF (20) are known to have suffered injuries after trying to thwart the robbery. The perpetrators tried to steal the safe belonging to the minimarket.

Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of Makassar Police, Iptu Mochamad Zen, explained that initially the perpetrators pretended to be buyers at the minimarket. He entered to buy cigarettes, even though the shop was closed.

"The perpetrator entered one, then followed two. One person had not yet made a transaction, just asked, "This is closed, right?" Then two employees were pushed to the safe place and the perpetrator immediately threatened the employee with a machete," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of Makassar Police, Iptu Mochamad Zen when confirmed by VOI, Friday, August 11.

According to Iptu Zen, the perpetrators did aim to go to the safe. Then when the perpetrators entered the safe room, it turned out that the lights in the room were turned off.

"So the perpetrator was deceived by the victim, "This is the switch outside". They gave me the three of them up, even though the switch was inside. Then the door was immediately closed," he said.

Furthermore, between the perpetrator and the victim there was a commotion until the two victims called their friends to immediately ask for help with robbers. Then, the perpetrators panicked and fled with cigarettes.

"So it didn't work to take the safe. When the perpetrator fled, the victims came out. They were confused that there was blood scattered. So I don't know, maybe the perpetrator injured his leg due to him himself. That's why a lot of blood from his feet," he said.

According to Iptu Zen, the perpetrator carried two machetes. However, at the time of the incident the perpetrators were not used.

"It's just a threat. The survivors were not injured or hit. Instead, the victim was confused by a lot of blood. Possibly, the victim predicted, when pulling the door, the perpetrator hit the knife himself or something," he said.

Meanwhile, from the results of the investigation, the perpetrators have identified their characteristics.

"The perpetrators are estimated to have taken the three of them on a motorbike. But they were not detected from the CCTV in front. So the victim did not see when they entered and left. The case is still under investigation," he said.