KUALA LUMPUR: Two people are dead while another is in critical
condition following an attack by a group of men armed with parang at a
pub along Jalan Dutamas 1 here.
Sentul OCPD Asst Comm R. Munusamy said the incident occurred at around 11pm on Wednesday.
“We received a call via MERS 999 that a man armed with a parang had
slashed another man in front of a pub at Publika, Solaris Dutamas.
“Based on CCTV footage from the area, two vehicles had stopped in
front of the pub and at least six suspects armed with parang and wearing
masks got out.
“One of the suspects approached the victims, who were sitting in
front of the pub, and began brutally attacking them while the other
suspects were seen going into the pub,” he said when contacted Thursday.
He said two victims, a man and a woman, aged 21 and 23 respectively,
were pronounced dead upon arrival at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital while
another man whose identity has yet to be ascertained is in critical but
stable condition.
“Post mortems on the two victims revealed that they died from multiple incised wounds.
“Following the murders, we arrested six suspects at around 2am on Thursday,” he said.
PETALING JAYA: The body of a food delivery man who was slashed to death was found at a playground in SS3 here.
Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Zani Che Din said the body was found by senior citizens who were there for morning exercises at around 7am Wednesday.
"We dispatched a patrol car to the scene and cordoned off the area at around 7.30am.
"Based on our investigations, the victim was a 33-year-old man from Kelana Jaya," he told reporters when met at the scene.
He said no weapon was found at the scene.
"We are investigating the case as murder," he said, urging anyone with information to contact the police hotline at 03-2052 9999 or visit the nearest police station
