Two suspected thieves shot dead after attacking cops with machetes


NIBONG TEBAL: Two Vietnamese men suspected of being thieves were shot dead after they allegedly attacked police officers with machetes in the early hours of Friday morning.

Penang police chief Comm Datuk Hamzah Ahmad said the incident occurred at 3.20am when officers from the Crime Investigation Department, who were on patrol, noticed a suspicious car parked along Jalan Bukit Panchor in Nibong Tebal.

“Upon approaching the vehicle, two men exited a nearby factory. The officers instructed the suspects to stop, but the men, armed with machetes, attacked the police. The officers then fired four shots in self-defence,” he said during a press conference at the Seberang Perai Selatan District Police Headquarters on Friday (Sept 27).

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