Grenade attack on Malaysian pub wounds 8, police rule out terrorism
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Published: Jun 28, 2016, 04:03 IST | Updated: Jun 28, 2016, 04:03 IST
In a similar attack in 2014, a man was killed while 12 others were wounded when a bomb exploded outside a?pub?in Kuala Lumpur.
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Customers at the bar were watching a live screening of the Euro 16 football tournament
A grenade attack on a bar in Malaysia wounded eight people, including a Chinese national, the police said on Tuesday, ruling out terrorism as a motive.
The attack on the Movida bar in Puchong, a town on the outskirts ofthe capital, Kuala Lumpur, took placeearlyTuesday morningwhen customers were watching a live screening of the Euro soccer tournament.
"We are still investigating who the suspects are, but the motives could be business rivalry, revenge, or one or more of the victims could have been a target," said Selangor state deputy police chief, Abdul Rahim Jafaar, to reporters.
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In a similar attack in 2014, a man was killed while 12 others were wounded aftera bomb exploded outside apubin Kuala Lumpur.
(Reuters)