KOTA BHARU, April 9 -- A man with multiple criminal records was injured after being shot when he attempted to attack police officers with a machete in front of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Machang last night.

Kelantan police chief Datuk Mohd Yusoff Mamat said police had earlier received information about a shooting at the location at 11.17pm.

Following the report, a team from the Machang district police headquarters, who were conducting crime prevention patrols, rushed to the scene for further inspection.

"While checks were being carried out on two men found behaving suspiciously, one of them acted aggressively by pulling out a machete and swinging it at the policemen," he said in a statement today.

He said the officers were force...