Doctor Sunardi Ignored 9 Shots Of Densus 88 Warning, The Car Continued To Be Driven At A Time With Officers

Doctor Sunardi's car that was used to escape from the pursuit of Densus 88 officers/ Photo: Doc. Cilacap Police Station - Sukoharjo Police Station

JAKARTA - The Special Detachment 88 Anti-Terror (Densus 88) apparently fired nine warning shots during the operation to arrest the terrorist suspect, Doctor Sunardi, in Sukoharjo, Central Java.

Unfortunately, this shot was ignored by Sunardi. The double cabin car that was being driven continued to be driven, until it rubbed against the officer's car and emitted sparks.

This was revealed by the Commissioner of Komnas HAM Choirul Anam, who saw firsthand the seconds of Sunardi's arrest through public CCTV.

"So there were nine shots, nine shots, one at the bottom," Anam said on the Indonesian National Human Rights Commission's YouTube show, Tuesday, March 15.

The arrests began when Sunardi was driving a double cabin on a road. At that time, Anam said there were no members of Densus 88 because they were still making sure the car driver was their target or not.

Knowing the car they were driving was Sunardi, Densus 88 moved quickly and got into the car. However, Sunardi continued to drive his car at high speed while the officers' calls for Sunardi to stop the car were ignored.

Sunardi, continued Anam, ignored the order, so Detachment 88 gave warning shots.

"These are two police officers. So after being warned, yes, they were told to stop and so on. They were warned to stop, they were intercepted by the officers, after that they still did," he explained, pointing to the video shown on the projector.

"Want to be given a warning shot after getting off, it was shown that he was a policeman who kept going. That's where there was the first crash. Well, here, the officer who got out of the Innova officer's car went up to the cabin," Anam added.

After this incident, it was inevitable that Sunardi and Detachment 88 would chase Sunardi. Anam said that Sunardi's car had driven to the side of the road.

In fact, the double cabin car was hit by the officer's car, causing a fire to appear. "It was squeezed but still told to stop, didn't want to," he said.

"This is the boundary of this asphalt road, the land, like on the shoulder of the road on a toll road. This is something that is clearer but doesn't want to stop. It then started to spread until sparks appeared. So it was a chase process," added Anam.

Anam then said that Sunardi also did not want to stop when Densus 88 shot him. Prior to that, the member who was going to arrest had actually shown an arrest warrant.

"Given a shot in the air (warning shot, ed) it didn't stop. The one on the left (passenger area, ed) didn't stop shooting at the front either, then shooting the hand didn't stop, shooting the shoulder didn't stop, shooting at the body didn't stop in the end just hit," he explained.

It was previously reported that Sunardi died after being shot by Densus 88 Anti-terror during a series of arrests in Sukoharjo Regency, Central Java, March 9. Sunardi, who is said to be a doctor, suffered gunshot wounds to his upper back and right hip.