Cops in dramatic shootout hailed


Job well done: Comm Mazlan visiting the injured policeman at UMMC while former IGP Tan Sri Musa Hassan looks on. The officer’s identity is being withheld for his safety.

PETALING JAYA: It’s a pat on the back for the men in blue following a dramatic shootout in the car park of a busy shopping mall, which saw four robbers dead and no civilians injured.

A policeman was shot in the knee when he and his counterparts battled with the gang of robbers which had just targeted a goldsmith at the mall in Jalan Kuchai Lama, Kuala Lumpur at about 4.30pm on Tuesday. One robber was arrested.

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