{
  "id": 11176759,
  "title": "Cops interview 9 witnesses on shooting at Bidor petrol station",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/cops-interview-9-witnesses-on-shooting-at-bidor-petrol-station-11176759",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T10:47:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/01/cops-interview-9-witnesses-on-shooting-at-bidor-petrol-station"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Perak police have documented statements from nine individuals, including the victim, following a shooting incident at a petrol station in Bidor Sentral last Tuesday. Police chief Alwi Zainal Abidin revealed that three family members within the victim's vehicle, two others in a nearby vehicle, and petrol station employees provided accounts to investigators. The victim, currently in a stable condition after medical treatment and surgery at Seri Botani Hospital, sustained a single gunshot wound to his left shoulder. Alwi stated that police suspect three individuals were involved, including a driver, whose vehicle registration number was allegedly fake. Closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage from the petrol station showed the victim being shot from both the front and right sides. Additionally, CCTV from toll plazas was reviewed, but the suspects did not exit the toll plazas. Police are also exploring the possibility that the victim was followed to the petrol station, based on the suspects' vehicle's high-speed movement before stopping in front of the victim's vehicle and the firing of shots. The victim, a businessman with multiple businesses in Bidor, Sungai Siput, and Tapah, sustained the gunshot wound while driving his own vehicle.",
  "summary": "Perak police chief Alwi Zainal Abidin says they have not established the motive for the businessman's shooting.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Bidor shooting: Police take statements from nine witnesses",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/bidor-shooting-police-take-statements-from-nine-witnesses",
        "published": "2026-10-01T10:40:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Cops interview 9 witnesses on shooting at Bidor petrol station",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/cops-interview-9-witnesses-on-shooting-at-bidor-petrol-station",
        "published": "2026-10-01T10:47:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Bidor petrol station shooting: Police record nine statements, hunt three suspects",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/bidor-petrol-station-shooting-police-record-nine-statements-hunt",
        "published": "2026-10-01T11:08:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}