Police in the Indonesian island of Bali reported that two Russian citizens were killed in a shootout after the robbery of the exchanger, another detained.

  • Reuters

“The police in Bali claims two dead and one suspect in custody in robbery of the exchange office — the citizens of Russia. Details of the incident we don’t know yet. Bali is already the head of the consular Department of the Embassy”, — quotes RIA Novosti press attache of the Russian Embassy in Jakarta Denis Tutushina.

He noted that the passports of the killed and the arrested the police have not yet filed.

The Balipost newspaper writes that seven Russian citizens suspected in the robbery of the exchange office in the South of Bali. Armed with automatic rifles SS1 Indonesian production, March 19, they robbed the exchange office in the amount of more than $63 thousand

A few hours during the chase, police caught the gang, two were shot dead, one arrested, four managed to escape by car.

According to the newspaper, all seven suspects are citizens of Russia, among them one woman.

Earlier it was reported that two citizens of Russia detained in Pattaya on the South-East of Thailand on charges of extortion.