Two robbery suspects shot dead

Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Zinin (center) with Johor police chief Senior Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff (second from right) with other senior police officers showing the seized pistols during a press conference held at the state police headquarters here in Johor Baru on May 4. Pic by ABDUL RAHMAN EMBONG/The Star

JOHOR BARU: Two robbery suspects were shot dead and one seriously injured in a shootout with the Special Task Force on Organised Crime outside a shopping mall in Taman Desa Tebrau here.

Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Zinin said police received information that a group had planned to rob the shopping complex near the scene.