Guard kills bank robber who took customer hostage with sickle


KOTA TINGGI: A teenager who took a woman hostage during an attempted robbery inside a bank here Thursday (June 18) was shot dead.

The suspect, who was armed with a sickle, was shot dead during the 2.04pm incident at Ayer Tawar here.

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