KUCHING: A grab driver sustained injuries on the head after being assaulted and shot at with an airgun by a passenger in Jalan FAC Matang, evening yesterday.
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 injured victim ran into a nearby jungle to save himself. The victim had been taken to the Sarawak General Hospital for treatment,’’ he said in a statement here today.
Denis said effort to find the suspect was being carried out in earnest. — Bernama
