Goat breeder shot in Lunas

A goat breeder was seriously hurt when he was shot while having a drink at a restaurant in Taman Makmur, Lunas, near here, Monday night.

Kulim District Police Chief Supt Ghuzlan Salleh said in the incident which occurred at 8.30pm, the victim, 39, was having a drink with a friend when a man wearing a full helmet and armed with a pistol entered the restaurant and fired several shots at him.

He said the suspect who came to the scene with a male accomplice on a motorcycle then hurriedly left the place.

"The victim who was shot in the leg, chest and stomach fell to the floor in a pool of blood. He was then rushed to the Kulim Hospital by the police who arrived soon after receiving information," he told reporters here, Tuesday.

Initial investigations by the police at the crime scene found eight empty pistol shells.

Ghuzlan said last night's incident was the second armed attack in the district in four days.

"In the first incident, at 9am on Feb 20, a security guard died after he was attacked by a man armed with a pistol at the traffic light junction next to the Inokom car assembly plant at the Kulim-Baling Highway," he said.

Ghuzlan said the incident last night occurred about 10 kilometres from where the first case happened.

"Police are tracking down the suspects and do not discount the possibility that the victim was attacked because of revenge. The case is being investigated under Section 307 of the Penal Code," he said.

Members of the public who witnessed the incident or has any information relating to it should contact the police at tel: 04-4906222 (Kulim District CID Chief, ASP M. Tharmalingam).