{
  "id": 285159,
  "title": "2 penculik maut berbalas tembakan dengan polis di Alor Setar",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/2-penculik-maut-berbalas-tembakan-dengan-polis-di-alor-setar",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-07T22:39:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/08/08/2-penculik-maut-berbalas-tembakan-dengan-polis-di-alor-setar"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Policing authorities in Alor Setar, Kedah, reported a tragic incident on Tuesday night, where two suspects were killed in an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement officers. According to M Kumar, the head of the Criminal Investigation Department's (CID) Bukit Aman, the victims, a 70-year-old foreign man and a 30-year-old foreign woman, were found alive with their eyes covered and hands bound inside a house in Taman Amira, Telaga Bata.\n\nThe incident occurred at around 8:40 pm when a team from the Special Investigation Division (D9) of Bukit Aman stormed the house to rescue the two victims. During the operation, the suspects fired a few shots at the police, forcing them to return the fire to ensure their safety. \"Both suspects were pronounced dead by medical teams at 9:30 pm, and no identification documents were found on either suspect,\" Kumar stated in a report.\n\nThe victims, a 70-year-old foreign man and a 30-year-old foreign woman, were found alive with their eyes covered and hands bound. Kumar mentioned that two semi-automatic pistols of the Baretta type containing five bullets and a revolver with four bullets, along with a long knife, were found near the suspects. Following the incident, police conducted multiple raids in various locations across Kedah, Penang, and Kuala Lumpur. A total of six individuals were arrested, including one local man, four foreign men, and one foreign woman aged between 20 to 40.\n\nA search warrant under Section 12 of the Penal Code 1961 will be issued, and police request the public to refrain from making speculations or comments that may interfere with the ongoing investigation or manipulate facts for the purpose of incriminating the public.",
  "summary": "Polis berkata kejadian berlaku apabila anggotanya menyerbu sebuah rumah untuk selamatkan dua mangsa culik sebelum suspek melepaskan tembakan.",
  "key_points": [
    "Two suspects killed in gunfight with police in Alor Setar.",
    "Victims, a 70-year-old man and 30-year-old woman, found alive with eyes covered.",
    "Police recover weapons and arrest six individuals following the incident."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The fatal shootout indicates police are taking a more aggressive approach to handling kidnappings, now treating perpetrators as immediate threats to public safety rather than negotiable risks.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}