2 men shot dead by lone gunman in Sibu

SIBU: Two men were shot dead by a lone assailant at a café at Lorong Pahlawan 7A2 here at 12.15pm today.

The victims were a 47-year-old man from Jalan Tekam here and a 21-year-old man from Song, Kapit.

The attack occurred when they were having some drinks with a girlfriend, said to be a Chinese national, on the sidewalk of the café.

The assailant, who was wearing a helmet and clad in a red jacket, approached the three, whipped a gun and fired several shots at the victims from a distance of about five metres.

The man, who then fled on a motorcycle parked nearby, was believed to have used a pistol, based on the casings found at the scene.

In confirming the incident, Sarawak police commissioner Amer Awal said a special task force had been formed to investigate the killing.

“It is too early for us to reveal further developments in the case at the moment,” he said in a statement.

Amer asked members of the public not to speculate on the case and let police investigate it thoroughly. -FMT