MELAKA: Five officers from the Fisheries Department were rushed to the hospital after being struck by a giant arapaima fish during an operation to capture the invasive species in Masjid Tanah here on Friday, reports said.

According to a report by Sinar Harian, the officers, aged between 35 and 59, were part of a team from the department's Melaka and Selangor branches involved in the seven-hour operation that started at 9am.