Nigerian shot dead in Malaysia after chopping off cop’s hand
Verified: 5 outlets in 2 countries have reported this story since Nov 12.
A Nigerian man has been shot dead by police in Malaysia after allegedly hacking off the right hand of a police officer during an attack in the Desa Amanpuri area of Kepong.
How sure are we
Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
- Nov 12, 2:36 AM UTCFirst reportMalaysian police shoot dead machete-wielding man who severed officer’s handscmp.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 12, 6:52 AM UTC · +4 h
- Nov 12, 2:37 PM UTC+12 h· you’re reading thisNigerian shot dead in Malaysia after chopping off cop’s handpunchng.com ↗
- Nov 12, 3:38 PM UTC+13 hNigerian man shot dead by Malaysian police after machete attack on officervanguardngr.com ↗
- Nov 13, 4:57 AM UTC+26 hMachete attacker shot dead by police after severing cop’s hand in Malaysia’s Kepongasianews.network ↗
[Claude] Report 2 covers the same Kepong incident: a machete attacker shot dead by police after severing an officer's hand.
31m agoAlso reported by asianews.network (found in GDELT's list of news articles)
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