IPOH: A 35-year-old man armed with a parang entered the grounds of the Armed Forces’ border battalion in Gerik and died after he was shot during a struggle with the personnel there. Perak police chief Comm Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said on Sunday (May 9) that the man climbed over the main gate of the 4th Regiment battalion at about 6.45pm on Saturday (May 8). He said the man was warned by the personnel at the security post, but instead he turned aggressive by attacking them using the weapon he brought along. “During the struggle, the army personnel opened fire and hit the man. The incident was reported to the police by the battalion representatives, and the man was rushed to the Gerik Hospital for treatment, but he died later, ” he said.