KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 10 -- Police are actively tracking down an individual who shot a female tourist from China with a catapult in an incident at Jalan Kota Kinabalu Lama 2, in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah near the Public Bank building, on Monday.

Kota Kinabalu District Police Chief Assistant Commissioner Kasim Muda said they received a report on the incident at about 7pm involving the 31-year-old tourist, according to a report published in Berita Harian.

He said investigations found that the victim had been walking with her husband when she was suddenly struck by an object believed to have been shot from a moving vehicle.

"As a result of the incident, the victim suffered bruising on her body before lodging a police report.

"The case is being i...