KUALA LUMPUR: An Indonesian man in his 20s was fatally shot after aggressively attacking policemen with a machete in an apartment in Bukit Subang, Selangor, yesterday.
Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the man was a suspect in the murder of a 19-year-old Indonesian woman who was found dead with eight stab wounds in Sungai Way, Petaling Jaya last Monday.
He said a police team from the Selangor Contingent Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Petaling Jaya District Police Headquarters conducted a raid on the apartment at about 5.30pm in connection with the murder case.
“Tension escalated as the man attacked the policemen with a machete and in a desperate bid for self-defence a single gunshot was fired by the police,” he said.
“The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene and a 28cm machete was seized,” he said in a statement.
Hussein said the investigation conducted under Section 307 of the Penal Code is ongoing. – BERNAMA
