GEORGE TOWN, Dec 4 – A shooting incident was happen at a coffee shop in Paya Terubong yesterday night. A man, in his 30s, was with his two of friends eating dinner in a coffee shop, Farlim. At about 9.40pm, the gunman was walked up to him from behind and opened fire at least five times to the victim but only two of the bullets hit the victim’s hips.
“We believed the gunman was shot at for at least five times but so far we only recovered four of the bullet casings at the incident field. In the meantime, one of the victim friend was also injured in his left arm when one of the shots ricocheted. Both of them had been send to Penang General Hospital,” Northeast district police chief ACP Mior Faridalatrash Wahid said.
Mior Faridalathrash said the motive of the shooting could have stemmed from a quarrel which the victim was involved in on Wednesday. He said that the further investigation is still ongoing and the case will being investigated under Section 307 of the Penal Code for attempted murder.
