Shot Dead Robbery

Bali police have shot dead a Russian man.

There was a violent robbery at a money exchange office.

with two more accomplices arrested and several others on the run.

Bali is an Indonesian holiday island.

The killing happened in Bali

after police responded to calls about a robbery

Police confronted the armed trio. 

Three men, including the man who was later killed,

They broke into a currency exchange office and

They beat several employees inside, knocking them unconscious.

When they woke up, they were tied with their mouths taped,

The employees eventually freed themselves and called the authorities.

The police managed to locate the suspects who had fled,

but when they wanted to arrest the men one of the suspects wanted to attack the officers. 

"Our unarmed officer tried to fight back,

but because the situation was very dangerous to our members,

another officer who was armed took strict measures against the suspect... he then died,"

The Russian embassy confirmed one of its citizens was shot dead in Bali. 

"During a fight with police who were trying to arrest them, one Russian citizen was shot dead,".

Two others -- one Ukrainian and one Russian -- were detained."

The arrested Russian was also wounded,  

adding that four others linked to the crime are still on the run,

but "their nationality is unclear".

The gang was suspected of robbing another money changer in December and, separately, stealing weapons.

It did not elaborate.

Nearly $70,000 in Indonesian rupiah and US currency were reportedly stolen.

Police named the dead man as 45-year-old Alexei.

Foreigners are often arrested for drugs offences in Bali,

Bali attracts millions of visitors to its palm-fringed beaches every year. (Tepi menjuntai)

But arrests for violent crime are more rare.

In January, Bali police apprehended four Bulgarians accused of skimming bank card data at several ATM machines in the capital Denpasar.