Bank guard kills man who held woman hostage in robbery bid

BernamaPublished: Jun 18, 2020 3:06 PM

An armed man who took a woman hostage during an attempted robbery at a bank at Felda Ayer Tawar 5 in Kota Tinggi, Johor was shot dead by a security guard today.

Johor CID chief SAC Md Yusof Ahmad said in the 2.04pm incident, the 19-year-old man had entered the bank and put a sickle to the neck of a female customer.

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