IPOH: TWO Toyota Hilux owners fell victim to three robbers in two separate incidents that took place in a spate of 30 minutes in Kampar and Tapah, near here, on Sunday night.
In the first incident, a 51-year-old man and his 13-year-old son were injured after one of the robbers fired a shot during the robbery in Taman Sejahtera, Kampar, at 8.30pm.
The bullet passed through grocery shop owner, Zahari Din's abdomen, and hit the thigh of his son, Zaharith Aiman Mahami.
The victims were preparing to go to a mosque to perform the Isyak and Terawih prayers when the incident happened.
Perak deputy police chief Datuk A. Paramasivam said the three suspects, wearing ski-masks and armed with machetes, had earlier stormed the house and relieved the victims of their Toyota Hilux key, handphones and some personal belongings.
He said Zahari, a former soldier, grabbed a machete to attack the robbers who were trying to start the Toyota Hilux, without knowing one of them was armed with a pistol.
"One of the robbers then fired a shot that hit both victims.
"The robbers abandoned the Toyota Hilux and fled in a black Proton Perdana with the victims' personal belongings," Paramasivam said yesterday.
He said the victims were being treated at a hospital here and were in stable condition.
Paramasivam also said the same three suspects later robbed a factory owner of his Toyota Hi-lux, RM6,000, a gold chain, two handphones and a gold ring at his factory in Jalan Kampar-Langkap.
In the 9pm incident, two of the robbers drove away in the Toyota Hilux while the third fled in the Perdana.
"Acting on a report lodged by the victims in Kampar, police conducted roadblocks at all main routes.
"The Proton Perdana driven tried to evade a police roadblock near the Ayer Kuning police station in Tapah and a chase ensued," he said, adding that the Proton Perdana was reported stolen in Bukit Puchong, Selangor, recently.
Paramasivam said the suspect lost control of the vehicle and rammed into a car with four occupants from the opposite direction in Jalan Langkap-Kampar.
He said the 33-year-old suspect suffered a broken leg and other bodily injuries while three people in the other car suffered minor injuries.
"The suspect is being treated at a hospital while the other three people from the other car are receiving outpatient treatment at the same hospital," he said, declining to mention the name of the hospital.
Paramasivam said police were tracking the two remaining suspects who escaped in the Toyota Hilux.
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