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Malaysian police shoot dead three Indonesian suspected burglars
Apr 5, 2010, 9:56 GMT
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian police on Monday shot dead three Indonesian men armed with machetes who were believed to have broken into a house, a news report said.
The suspects, aged 20 to 30, had allegedly broken into a house in the central state of Pahang when neighbours alerted the police, state criminal investigations chief T Narenasagaran was quoted as saying by the official Bernama news agency.
Narenasagaran said police spotted a grey car in the area and tailed the vehicle for a short distance before ordering it to stop.
'However, it sped off and skidded and landed at a hillside,' he was quoted as saying. 'Three men armed with machetes got off the car and tried to attack the policemen.'
'The police fired at them in self-defence,' Narenasagaran said.
Police found the men were in possession of four machetes, a necklace, four rings, a mobile phone, a metal cutter and a knuckle duster.
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