KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 -- Police have arrested a 71‑year‑old man in connection with the fatal shooting of three people at a restaurant in Kota Tinggi this afternoon.

In a statement on Facebook, Johor police chief CP Datuk Ab Rahaman Arsad said that the victims - two local men and a foreign woman aged between 37 and 63 - were believed to have been shot with a shotgun and were pronounced dead at the scene.

"This incident does not involve organised crime or terrorism, and we do not rule out the possibility that the motive may be related to personal debt issues," he said in a statement issued this evening.

He said police received a report of the shooting at about 1.30pm before arresting the suspect roughly 200 metres from the s...