Five policemen, one of them an officer, were killed in an ambush by a group of armed men, two of whom were also killed, in Kampung Sri Jaya, Simunul, Semporna, Sabah, last night.
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Five cops killed in ambush by armed intruders in Semporna, says IGP
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A member of the Royal Malaysian Navy’s Naval Special Warfare Forces guards the beach near an area where armed men are holding off, outside Lahad Datu February 19, 2013. — Reuters file picKOTA KINABALU, March 3 — Five policemen, one of them an officer, were killed in an ambush by a group of armed men, two of whom were also killed, in Kampung Sri Jaya, Simunul, Semporna, Sabah, last night.
Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar said the incident occurred at 8pm at the water village.
The policemen, from the Semporna District Police Headquarters, had been ordered to carry out an investigation at the village following a tip-off that there was a group of armed men there, he told a news conference here today.
Also present at the press conference were Chief of Defence Forces Gen Tan Sri Zulkifeli Mohd Zin and Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order director Datuk Salleh Mat Rashid.
Ismail said the policemen were shot while heading towards a house in the village and opened fire in self-defence.
Ismail said police were investigating whether the armed men were linked to the more than 150 armed intruders in Kampung Tanduo, Lahad Datu, about 150lm from Semporna.
Last Friday, two VAT 69 commandos, ASP Zulkifli Mamat, 29, and Sergeant Sabarudin Daud, 46, were killed and three other policemen injured in a shootout with the armed intruders, claiming to be members of the royal army of the Sulu Sultanate in the Philippines, in Kampung Tanduo, 130km from here.
Twelve of the intruders were also killed in the incident.
Ismail said he would name the five policemen later.
In a separate development, he said, police detected another group of 10 men, three of them armed, in Kampung Lomalong and Kampung Dasar Lama, Kunak, about 60km from here, at about 10 pm yesterday. “We’re tracking their movement,” he said.
Ismail said the police also detained three of the more than 150 armed intruders who had entrenched themselves in Kampung Tanduo since February 9.
“The three men are believed to have attempted to leave the group,” he said, declining to provide further details of the arrests. — Bernama
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