Crime takes to the streets, traffic jams have increased due to the busway developments and the bad guys have developed new techniques to rob!
This week a driver witnessed four men threaten a woman with a machete in traffic at Dukuh Atas underpass in Central Jakarta.
The woman was driving a car with her child, stuck in a traffic jam when the men approached and banged on the window, one of them pointing a machete at her.
The witness stated that "She passed her cell phone through the slightly opened window,"
Apparently the witness who was in a taxi just behind the woman's car, said he was shocked, as no one helped her.
"It was a long traffic jam, and there was no police officer in the area," he said .
I don’t know about you, but, the idiot in me would probably have attempted to do something about it.
As described, it would appear that there must have been at least a hundred people in the area, not one of whom got out of their vehicle and tried to help..
The armed men apparently left the crime scene, walking slowly as if nothing unusual had happened. Times are bad when it comes to this!
The crime was one of many unreported cases of street robbery which are on the rise due to widespread congestion in the city.
Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Ayma Fuckwit confirmed that traffic congestion in the city has opened more opportunities for street criminals.
"But with more police officers deployed near the traffic congestion areas now, we manage not only the traffic problems, but also the crimes that might happen there," he said.
The police spokesman also said that recently his team arrested two members of the so-called "Red Axe" gang, which is responsible for violent crimes across the city using red-colored axes. As we speak an APB has been issued for the Hooded Claw, The Ant Hill Mob and Dick Dastardley, all hardened traffic felons.
However, the members of the Red-Axe gang who were arrested after allegedly robbing and threatening a train passenger in Pasar Minggu Baru station in South Jakarta on Tuesday, were shot by the police when they tried to escape. They died on the way to hospital.
Swift justice, I imagine that the report on the shooting must have been a great read.
South Jakarta Police chief Sr. Com. Chairbound Eyeshut said the "Red-Axe" gang usually operated at intersections when the traffic light turned red or in traffic jams. But recently they have also turned to trains.
"Their main target is female drivers and I suggest to anyone who finds herself in this situation, to scream out for help.
"The screaming will make them panic," he added. (Whoop de bloody doo, four guys with an axe panicking because Ibu Fuckwit is screaming, don’t see it somehow)
City police have intensified patrols in several areas considered "prone to street crime".
These include Jl. Patiunus, Jl. Arteri Pondok Indah, Jl. Bendi and Jl. RC Veteran in South Jakarta; Jl. Juanda and Jl. Merdeka Barat in Central Jakarta; Jl. Sengon Tambora, Jl. Yos Sudarso and Jl. Boulevard Kelapa Gading in North Jakarta; and Jl. Pasar Rebo, Jl. Pisangan Timur and Jl. Basuki Rahmat in East Jakarta.
Now the police, having named the areas of concern where they are patrolling (I cannot remember the last time I saw a cop on Jl Arteri Pondok Indah) have let the cat out off the bag and the Red-Axe gang are moving to a street near you.
No comments:
Post a Comment