KUALA LUMPUR: Police have detained another two suspects in Wednesday’s robbery by eight youngsters at a 24-hour cyber in Jalan Genting Klang here.The first suspect was detained Wednesday after he was injured when shot on the legs by police.
Deputy Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Abu Samah Mat said the two suspects, both 17 years old, were detained with the cooperation of their families.
“One of them surrendered himself at the Sentul police station at 4.30am yesterday after school, while the other was arrested at his family home in Keramat about 1am,” he told reporters after visiting Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL), a programme held in conjunction with Police Day, here yesterday.
On Wednesday, seven men, armed with a machete, saw and knife, entered a cyber cafe and threatened its manager and customers to hand over their money.
Another accomplice waited in a car in which the suspects fled.
In the incident, one of the suspects was shot on the legs when he attempted to attack a policeman with a saw.
Abu Samah said the injured suspect was being treated at HKL and reported to be in stable condition.
He said police had obtained an order to remand the suspect until May 11 for investigation.
Meanwhile, in another incident, a woman supervisor at a petrol station in Wangsa Melawati, near here, found a semi-automatic pistol, believed to have been left in the female toilet at the station, three days ago.
Sentul police chief ACP Zakaria Pagan said the supervisor was cleaning the toilet at about 9am on that day when she found a package, wrapped in plastic.
The supervisor handed the package over to her employer after finding that it contained weapon. — Bernama