‘Shootout wasn’t an option’

Business as usual: The usual sight of crowds of travellers were spotted at KLIA yesterday, just a day after the shooting. — YAP CHEE HONG/The Star

SEPANG: When a suspect is armed, the number one priority is to always save lives, even if that means not firing in return.

That is why the police did not directly engage the man who fired his gun at a woman in the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Sunday – the main concern then was to prevent more casualties, said Selangor’s chief of police.