Police struggle to calm public anxieties after a string of killings perpetrated by masked assailants
A string of suspected gangland shootings that killed four men in just eight days has shaken Kuala Lumpur, stoking public fears and casting doubt on police assurances that the city remains safe.
The latest shooting on Friday saw a 46-year-old man gunned down in broad daylight as he sat in the driver’s seat of a four-wheel-drive car in Selangor’s port city of Klang, which has a reputation for organised crime.
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