Kuala Lumpur airport shooting suspect arrested in Kelantan after nationwide manhunt

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The 38-year-old suspect had opened fire on his wife at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in the early hours of Sunday before fleeing in a car.

New: You can now listen to articles.Hafizul Harawi, 38, was caught in Kota Bharu, Kelantan on Monday afternoon.Two shots were fired towards her from about 3m to 4m away. A bullet hit one of her bodyguards in the abdomen while the other bullet missed her.Two members of the public were also injured when the man lit and threw firecrackers as he walked towards his wife to attack her.The shooting sparked a nationwide manhunt and tighter policing at Malaysia 's borders and states.

Police said the suspect had a personal vendetta against his wife and they were in the process of getting a divorce. He added that Selangor police will get the scooters soon."When we have these scooters, the police response will be faster and could patrol a wider area in a short time," Hussein said. "At the airport, there are airside and landside where the airside is prohibited while the landside is open. So maybe there should be stricter control there so that people don't bring prohibited items to endanger civilians at the airport," he added.

"This is a proposal by the police for a long time ago. We used to disallow the public from entering the area because of security factors.

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