Cops probing shooting incident in Perak residential area
Perak police chief Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri said a man called the police at 1.07pm yesterday to inform them about the incident.
"The police rushed to the scene and according to the house owner, who is staying with his wife and two children...
The police are investigating a shooting incident in front of a house in the Sitiawan residential area in Manjung, Perak, yesterday.
Perak police chief Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri said a man called the police at 1.07pm yesterday to inform them about the incident.
"The police rushed to the scene and according to the house owner, who is staying with his wife and two children, his wife heard an explosion outside the house earlier in the morning, but ignored it.
"At about 12.45pm, the complainant went out of his house to collect some items and noticed damage to the rear window of the victim's car and then saw a bullet casing under the vehicle,” he said in a statement in Ipoh today.
Mohd Yusri said a team from the Forensic Division (D10) of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Perak Police Contingent Headquarters was at the scene.
They found a hole in the rear window of the victim's car, believed to be from gunshots, as well as a bullet casing.
He said the police viewed footage from a nearby closed-circuit television camera and saw two male suspects on a Yamaha Y15 motorcycle, which had no registration number, with one of them seen firing a shot at the victim's car.
“The suspect was then seen trying to fire another shot towards the front of the house, but the gun was believed to have failed, and the suspects then fled,” he said.
He said the police were investigating the case under Section 8 of the Firearms (Increased Penalty) Act 1971.
He urged those with information about the incident to contact Senior Investigating Officer ASP Mohd Azalan Ab Karim of the Manjung District Police Headquarters at 019-3927837 or the nearest police station.
- Bernama
