Security personnel stand by outside the village where a shootout occured at Semporna in Sabah, Malaysia, on March 2, 2013. At least 5 policemen were killed in an ambush in Malaysia's Sabah state as gunmen were spotted outside the village where standoff continued between security forces and Sulu gunmen, police said Sunday. (Xinhua)

Security personnel carry the injured to an ambulance at a village where a shootout occured at Semporna in Sabah, Malaysia, on March 2, 2013. At least 5 policemen were killed in an ambush in Malaysia's Sabah state as gunmen were spotted outside the village where standoff continued between security forces and Sulu gunmen, police said Sunday. (Xinhua)

Security personnel carry the injured to an ambulance at a village where a shootout occured at Semporna in Sabah, Malaysia, on March 2, 2013. At least 5 policemen were killed in an ambush in Malaysia's Sabah state as gunmen were spotted outside the village where standoff continued between security forces and Sulu gunmen, police said Sunday. (Xinhua)

Local residents flee their village where a shootout occured at Semporna in Sabah, Malaysia, on March 2, 2013. At least 5 policemen were killed in an ambush in Malaysia's Sabah state as gunmen were spotted outside the village where standoff continued between security forces and Sulu gunmen, police said Sunday. (Xinhua)