Penang Ambush

Penang Ambush
Part of Malayan Emergency
Date22 January 1950
LocationSungei Panap, Malaya
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
Malayan police		 Malayan Communist Party
Casualties and losses
8 Killed
6 wounded		 1 wounded

The Penang Ambush is an event that took place during the Malayan Emergency. Communists ambushed Malay and British police and killed eight of them, including a British police sergeant.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "GUERILLAS LOSE 22 IN JUNGLE BATTLE.". The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia). 23 January 1950. p. 1. Retrieved 31 October 2015.

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