Malaysian police gun down Nigerian man after cutting off officer’s hand

A Nigerian national, identified in community reports as Chibuzor and popularly known as “War,” has been shot dead by Malaysian police following a violent machete attack that severed the right hand of a police officer in Desa Amanpuri, Kepong, near Kuala Lumpur.

Rehabilitation transfer turns violent

According to Selangor Police Chief Datuk Shazeli Kahar, the incident occurred at around 7:00 p.m. when police officers, accompanied by Fire and Rescue Department personnel, Ministry of Health (MOH) staff, and an ambulance, visited the suspect’s apartment.

Emergency responders had been called to transfer the man—who was reportedly behaving aggressively and struggling with mental instability and substance abuse—to a medical rehabilitation facility. 

However, as soon as the door was opened, the suspect allegedly charged out wielding two machetes and attacked the rescue team.

During the ambush, he severed the right wrist of a 26-year-old police Lance Corporal and inflicted cuts to the officer’s head and body, while other emergency personnel sustained minor injuries.

Second confrontation and fatal shooting

After fleeing downstairs from the apartment building, the suspect was tracked down by tactical officers near a nearby playground between 7:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m..

Chief Shazeli Kahar stated that the man launched a second machete assault when officers attempted to arrest him, prompting police to fire multiple shots in self-defence. 

Although officers rushed the wounded suspect toward Selayang Hospital for treatment, he was pronounced dead upon arrival.

Malaysian Prime Minister condemns attack

Meanwhile, the injured 26-year-old Lance Corporal was transferred to Kuala Lumpur Hospital, where surgeons placed him in stable condition as they worked to reattach his severed hand.

Reacting to the incident, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim condemned the assault on uniformed personnel on duty and called for firm legal action against violent crime regardless of the perpetrator’s nationality. 

While Malaysian police officially referred to the deceased as a foreign national, Nigerian diaspora sources confirmed his identity.

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