A Malaysian Referee who is also a police officer took out his gun and fired a couple of warning shots in the air after a local soccer team players attacked him because he suspended one of their team mates.

According to New Straits Times, he ran to his patrol car to get his gun after players mobbed him for showing the red-card to one of them.

“We are investigating as to whether the policeman was justified in taking out his firearm and discharging it, and also why he had it with him during the match,” it quoted Hussin Ismail, police chief in the southern Johor state, as saying.

He was taken into custody for suspected misuse of firearms and five players, were also being held for questioning and could be charged for rioting, the paper said.

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