Hostage taker’s identity still unknown, say Sabah police


A man taking a 2-year-old girl hostage in Telipok Ria flats, near Kota Kinabalu, yesterday. Sabah police say they have yet to identify the man after he was shot dead yesterday. – The Malaysian Insight pic, January 14, 2019.

SABAH police have yet to establish the identity of the man who took a two-year old girl hostage in Telipok Ria flats, near Kota Kinabalu, yesterday.

State police commissioner Omar Mammah said the suspect is believed to be in his 30s and only spoke in Suluk during the five-hour hostage situation.


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