Passenger assaults, shoots Grab driver
KUCHING: A Grab driver sustained head injury after being assaulted and shot with an airgun by a passenger in Jalan FAC Matang, on Thursday evening.
Sarawak CID chief SAC Denis Leong Soon Kuai said the man, who was in his 40s, had picked up a foreigner at Kuching Sentral to be sent to the Jantayu Strawberry Farm.
“During the journey, the suspect ordered the driver to stop the car. He then struck the driver with a hammer and shot him with a home-made airgun.
“’The victim ran into a nearby jungle to save himself. He had been taken to the Sarawak General Hospital for treatment,’’ he said.
Police is in the midst of finding the suspect.
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