{
  "id": 19590422,
  "title": "Malaysian police shoot dead machete-wielding man who severed officer’s hand",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/malaysian-police-shoot-dead-machete-wielding-man-who-severed-officers",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T02:27:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3374135/malaysian-police-shoot-dead-machete-wielding-man-who-severed-officers-hand"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A foreign man who allegedly hacked off a Malaysian policeman’s right hand during an attack at an apartment in Desa Amanpuri, Kepong, was shot dead. Armed with two machetes, the suspect charged out of a residential unit and attacked police officers, firefighters and health ministry staff at about 7pm on Wednesday. Selangor police chief Commissioner Shazeli Kahar said the suspect was shot after he…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}