Indonesian woman arrested after pointing gun at palace guard

Greater Jakarta police chief Muhammad Fadil Imran gives a statement after Indonesian authorities detained on Tuesday a woman carrying a gun outside the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia. - Reuters

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP): Indonesian police arrested a veiled woman who pointed a gun at a guard Tuesday morning to try to force her way into the presidential palace in the country’s capital.

A member of the presidential guard saw an unidentified woman standing near the guard post outside the palace. Suspicious of her behaviour, he confronted the woman, who then pointed a gun at the guard, said Wahju Hidajat Soedjatmiko, the chief of presidential guards.