Mass shooter 'Prebet Adam' who ran amok in Chow Kit in '80s, dies


PETALING JAYA: Adam Jaafar, or ‘Prebet Adam’ who had run amok in Chow Kit in 1987, died on Tuesday (March 30) morning.

According to Sinar Harian, he died at the age of 57 following a lung infection in Penang Hospital and was buried in Datuk Keramat Muslim cemtery.

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