KUCHING: A Grab driver sustained injuries on the head after being assaulted and shot at with an air gun by a passenger in Jalan FAC Matang.
Sarawak CID chief SAC Denis Leong Soon Kuai said the man, who was in his 40s, had picked up a foreigner at Kuching Sentral to be sent to the Jantayu Strawberry Farm yesterday evening.
“During the journey, the suspect ordered the driver to stop the car. He then struck the driver with a hammer and shot him with a home-made air gun.
“The injured victim ran into a nearby jungle to save himself. The victim had been taken to the Sarawak General Hospital for treatment,” he said in a statement.
Denis said effort to find the suspect was being carried out in earnest. –Bernama