Police fire five rounds after patrol car rammed in Kuantan


KUANTAN: Police opened fire five times to save themselves after their patrol car was rammed by a car when its driver was cornered at Lorong Air Putih 130 here on Tuesday (April 19).

Kuantan police chief ACP Wan Mohd Zahari Wan Busu said the incident happened when two policemen on Ops Sarang duty at Jalan Air Putih here around midnight, tried to stop a car.

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