JASIN: A Rambo-style robber armed with a shotgun, an ammunition belt and parang held a family of five hostage for more than 13 hours but was gunned down by police while he was trying to escape.
The family’s ordeal started at 1am yesterday when the 27-year-old robber, armed with weapons stolen from a Rela unit, broke into their home in a palm oil plantation at Kampung Air Melantai, Bemban, here.
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