Malaysian cops kill escaped prisoners
- Published: 10 Jan 2013 at 14.56
- Online news: Crimes
KUALA LUMPUR - Police on Thursday killed two of seven prisoners who escaped this week by seizing a police van and attacking their guards.
The two men were killed in a shootout in Bukit Mertajam town in the northern state of Penang, 275 kilometres north of Kuala Lumpur, said Abdul Rahim Jaafar, Penang's deputy police chief.
The escapees were in a car that tried to drive through a police roadblock in the village of Pandang Ibu, prompting police officers to shoot the tires of the vehicle, Abdul Rahim said.
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