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| Police kill man near Asia security summit |
| 2015-06-01 |
| [SKYNEWS.AU] An international security summit was put on lockdown in Singapore after police rubbed out a man who crashed his car through the barriers at a checkpoint. The 34-year-old, who had two passengers in the vehicle, was stopped at the police checkpoint near the Shangri-La Hotel, which was hosting the top-level conference, just after 4am (local time). But when officers asked him to open the boot of his car, he sped off. Police say the car crashed through police barricades and was "endangering the lives of the officers" before they "shot up the vehicle to stop further danger". The driver was killed and one of his passengers was maimed and taken to hospital. All three men in the car were Singaporean. Both passengers were incarcerated Book 'im, Mahmoud! after police found what they believe to be controlled drugs and a "drug-making utensil" in the car. "The driver and one of the passengers are wanted by authorities for various offences," police said in a statement, adding that no weapons or explosives were found in the vehicle. |
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