KUALA TERENGGANU: A 29-year-old man who ran amok armed with an axe - purportedly after failing to obtain money to buy drugs - was shot in the left thigh by police to subdue him in Kampung La Hulu Besut, here on Sunday.
State CID chief ACP K. Manoharan said in the 6pm incident, the suspect, who was a drug addict, had gone to his uncle's house to demand money to buy drugs, but was ignored by his uncle.
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