Woman-led robbery gang fires at cops
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Woman-led robbery gang fires at cops
PORT MORESBY: A police station commander was shot at by a woman-led
gang while responding to a robbery attempt in Jiwaka’s Banz on Tuesday (Dec 21,
2021).
Several shots were fired by all missed Insp James Rumi
and a colleague.
The shooting occurred outside a hardware shop metres
from the Banz police station.
The news break was reported by The National:
Woman-led
gang fired shots at cops
December 23, 2021The NationalMain Stories
A POLICE officer in Banz, Jiwaka, escaped death at the hands of a
woman-led gang who tried to shoot him while he was responding to their robbery
attempt at a hardware shop just metres from the Banz Police Station.
Station commander Insp James Rumi told The National that he
was standing at the station gate and saw the fleeing vehicle.
A gun was pointed at him and a colleague but several shots fired missed them.
“By the grace of God I was saved,” Insp Rumi said.
In the robbery attempt on Tuesday at 9am, four men and a woman walked into the
Banz Hardware shop and attempted to rob the owner and staff.
“A female employee in the shop was injured as they made their way in, they then
forced a Chinese supervisor to take them to where the safe was, unbeknown to
them that the owner of the shop was a licensed firearm holder and he saw what
was happening,” Insp Rumi said.
“He fired several warning shots into the roof of the shop and forced the armed
robbers to flee.
“They slashed the Chinese man and fled the shop.
“They jumped into the parked vehicle and fled the scene as policemen ran to the
shop.
“Police officers attempted to stop the vehicle but were unable to do so as the
area was crowded with venders selling on the side of the road and, in
particular, in front of the station. When they drove past the station, they saw
me standing there, that’s when they fired at me and another officer.
“We managed to duck and maybe because of the moving vehicle, they were unable
to aim properly.
“We walked away without a scratch.”
The people set up road blocks to stop the gang but they went away.
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