NILAI, March 7 — An African national was found shot dead in the parking lot of an apartment in Mantin near here yesterday afternoon.

The unidentified victim, believed to have been a private college student, had sustained a gunshot wound in the head. His wallet and cell-phone were found nearby.

Nilai police chief Supt Abdullah Roning said passers-by stumbled on the body under a tree about 5.30pm before alerting the police.

“There was a single gunshot wound to the head,” he told reporters here.

The body was sent to the Tuanku Jaafar Seremban Hospital. — Bernama