Shootout drama at sea with Filipino gunmen off Sabah


Some of the suspects fished out of sea after the shootout in waters off Semporna.

KOTA KINABALU: It was a night of high drama at Sabah’s east coast Darvel Bay when, for the first time, Malaysian security forces came into direct confrontation with Filipino gunmen involved in cross-border kidnappings.  

Three suspected kidnappers were shot dead and three others captured in a 20-minute gunfight between the police's Tiger Platoon and eight gunmen in waters off Pulau Bodgaya in Semporna at 9.40pm Thursday.  

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