KLUANG: Two Johor police personnel sustained injuries after a landslide hit them while they were in the midst of disposing of an old bomb found near Taman Sri Lambak here.
Kluang OCPD Asst Comm Bahrin Mohd Noh said prior to the incident, police received a call from the public that a bomb had been found along Jalan Tabah at around 8.50am on Tuesday (Aug 27).
“A team from both the Johor and Kluang police bomb disposal units were deployed to the scene.
“At around 2.20pm, police received a call through the MERS 999 hotline number from our own personnel reporting that a landslide had happened at the site,” he said in a statement on Wednesday (Aug 28).
ACP Bahrin added that the initial investigation found that the landslide happened while the two personnel from the Johor police bomb disposal unit were preparing to destroy the bomb.
“It was raining before the work to dispose of the bomb started. The landslide caused the two personnel to be buried underneath a pile of soil, and they sustained serious injuries,” he said.
He added that both personnel were immediately brought to the Enche' Besar Hajjah Khalsom Kluang Hospital here for medical treatment.
ACP Bahrin said checks by a medical team found that 34-year-old Kpl Muhammad Faruuqi Shamsary sustained a fracture on his left thigh and one broken left rib.
He added that the other policeman - Kpl/S Abdul Halim Zainal, 39 - suffered a broken hip and three broken ribs and said that both are in a stable condition and are still receiving medical treatment.
