Armed men taken down in shootout


Fatal end: Police inspecting the scene after the shootout. (Inset) Comm Hamzah

GEORGE TOWN: Two heavily armed men, with guns and boxes of ammunition in the car they were in, were gunned down by the police in a shootout.

Penang police chief Comm Datuk Hamzah Ahmad said police had intercepted the suspects after they were found acting suspiciously in Sungai Dua, Butterworth, at 2.05am yesterday.

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