AN armed man said to be high on drugs was shot dead by police when he acted aggressively and threatened to slash his mother in an incident in Hutan Melintang, Bagan Datuk, yesterday.

Perak police chief Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri said the 44-year-old labourer refused to surrender when confronted by policemen at 11.30pm.

“The suspect threatened to slash his 72-year-old mother. He also asked the police to leave the house.

“Fearing for the safety of the woman, police tried to persuade the suspect to calm down but he grabbed his mother and placed a parang and a pair of scissors on her,” he said in a statement today.

Yusri said on realising that police had entered the house, the suspect pushed his mother to the ground, causing her to faint.

He said the man also threw a fan and parang at policemen who tried to arrest him.

“As their lives were at risk, police fired one shot, which hit the suspect’s left shoulder. The suspect collapsed and the woman was saved,’’ he said.

Yusri said police called an ambulance but the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.

He said the man had two previous convictions for drug offences. – Bernama, May 24, 2023.