Mentally unstable man shot dead after slashing cop

KOTA KINABALU: Police shot dead a mentally unstable man shortly after he slashed a policeman in Tawau.

The man, who slashed the police Koperal on his shoulder at Kg Andrassy, was killed when he tried to attack a back up police party who had initially tried to ask him to surrender at around 11.10am Tuesday.

Police said they have yet to identify the dead suspect while the policeman has been treated for the slash wound on his lower shoulder.