PHNOM PENH: 13th June 2006 -- Recall the 1955
Hitchcock-directed movie 'To catch a thief''? No? But
anyway, Don Bosco Phnom Penh had a live re-run of some of the plot just
this weekend past. It was a hot Saturday afternoon, and the
students had just finished playing basketball when they all begun
running towards the 'pyramid' (the hall), with two young men out in
front of them, running for dear life. Fr Cef, who was conversing
with a group of students, noted the disturbance and thought perhaps the
boys were fighting. Suddenly one young man climbed the fence
quickly followed by the other. Fr Cef ran to stop them - but
stopped short when confronted with a .38 calibre pistol. Fr Cef
realised they were not students from Don Bosco!
The two escaped towards the football field on the
western side of the property when they saw two policemen on a
motorcycle. One had a rifle and was aiming it at the escapees who
clambered up another fence leading to the kitchen and the farm.
The police then ordered the students to help them catch the
thieves. It turned out that four young men had robbed a person of
his motorcycle then shot him in the left leg. The four fled to
the Pagoda where the two in question climbed the fence into DBTS.
Everybody ran to the farm while the police fired
shots at the two escapees. The two thieves threw away their
bullets and the pistol and left the DBTS property by climbing the
northern wall, only to fall into the hands of villagers who punished
them severely. A couple of the students got a bit too curious and
gathered round just as a third policeman arrived on the scene and
pointed his gun at one of the students - who raised his hands and
shouted out 'Don Bosco', 'Don Bosco'. The policeman realised his
error and let the students go back to school
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