KOTA KINABALU: A man wanted for over a dozen robbery and burglary cases was shot dead after he tried to attack police with a machete during an early morning raid near Taman Palm Height in Lahad Datu. The 28-year-old, believed to be an illegal immigrant, tried to attack policemen as they moved in to arrest him.
Lahad Datu police chief Asst Comm Nasri Mansor said during the 3.20am incident, they received a tip-off about a suspicious person lurking near Taman Palm Height.
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