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    26 April 2012| last updated at 11:00PM

    Palace police guard shot dead at sentry post

    By Adib Povera

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    ALOR STAR: A police constable on sentry duty at the Kedah Istana Anak Bukit palace here was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds today.

     

      Another policeman with the rank of lance corporal was arrested in Perlis, about three hours after the 5.45pm shooting.
     
       The body of Mohd Sobri Md Sidek, 22,  sprawled in a pool of blood outside his guard post was discovered by a palace worker who had gone to check on what he thought was firecrackers being let off in the palace grounds.   
     
       It was learnt that the victim had an argument with his supervisor, a lance corporal, before his body was discovered. The supervisor, 25, from Perlis, could not be located on the palace grounds after the shooting. 
     
       Two M-16 guns were found near the body. Police believe one of the guns had been used in the shooting.
     
      State police chief Datuk Ahmad Ibrahim said the victim, from Malacca, died on the spot with wounds in the face and chest.
     
       "The palace worker went to the guard post after he heard sounds of firecrackers being let off.
     
       "After stumbling on the body, he contacted the police," he said.
     
       Ahmad said Mohd Sobri had earlier reported for the 3pm-7pm shift duty with his supervisor. 
     
      The suspect was arrested at his village in Simpang Empat, Perlis at about 9pm the same day.
     
       Meanwhile, chief secretary to the Sultan of Kedah Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah, Datuk Seri Syed Unan Syed Mashri Syed Abdullah said the Sultan, who is also the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, was saddened by the incident.
     
       " The incident is the first of its kind in the palace's 76-year history," he said.

    Policemen carry the body of a police constable who was shot dead while on sentry duty at the Kedah Istana Anak Bukit palace in Alor Star. NSTP/Syaharim Abidin

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