Man leans back to narrowly escape gunman in shooting outside Penang school


BUTTERWORTH: Quick thinking, a lot of luck and a dark-tinted window saved a man's life outside a school in Penang here.

The man was sitting in his 4-wheel-drive vehicle outside Sekolah Kebangsaan Sungai Nyior around 5.30pm on Tuesday (July 1) when two men on a motorcycle, both wearing full-face masks, approached him.

One of them pulled out a pistol and fired multiple shots at the driver's side window before both assassins fled.

Miraculously, the man managed to come out unscathed despite his vehicle being riddled with bullet holes.

It is learnt that the man noticed the gunman as he approached the vehicle.

Staring down the barrel of the gun, the man quickly reclined his seat before the shooter fired through the dark-tinted window, missing him entirely.

It was all over in a flash as the gunman and his accomplice made their getaway, leaving the man shaken but unhurt.

When contacted, North Seberang Perai OCPD Asst Comm Anuar Abdul Rahman confirmed the incident and said police have launched an investigation.

 

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