Four robbers killed in shootout with police

SEPANG: Four armed men were gunned down in a shootout with police at the car park of a condominium in Cyberjaya yesterday, several hours a er carrying out a heist in Cheras.

In the incident at about 9.30am, four men armed with pistols and machetes launched an a ack when the police were inspecting a Mercedes-Benz believed stolen from a victim’s house in Cheras.

Selangor police chief Datuk Noor Azam Jamaludin said the four masked robbers aged between 29 and 45 who were members of the Sree Gang, had broken into a house at Taman Segar Perdana, Cheras at about 6am yesterday.

Following a police report lodged by the victim, a Selangor contingent CID team tracked the suspects to the incident location (Skypark Residence Condominium) in Cyberjaya, said Noor Azam in a media conference at Sepang police headquarters here yesterday.

As the police were examining the black Mercedes believed stolen, one of the suspects came out of a Volkswagen Passat parked beside and a empted to a ack the police with a machete.

In the situation, the suspects also fired several shots and which caused the police to return fire at the suspects, killing of them, including three in the Mercedes.

Noor Azam said initial investigations found the group was involved in 31 criminal cases in Selangor and Negri Sembilan.

Earlier the gang had broken into a house and tied up their victims before fleeing with valuables and a car from the house owner, he said. — Bernama