KUANTAN: Three members of a family were slashed and stabbed with a parang (machete) by a neighbour who was believed to have been hallucinating at Felda Kota Gelanggi Satu, Jerantut, near here on Wednesday.
Jerantut District Police Chief Supt Mazlan Hassan said the incident occurred after the 32-year-old suspect arrived at the victims’ home at 11.40pm and called one of them out.
Mohd Nor Alami Zainal Abidin, 31, went outside and was slashed by the victim.
Mazlan said Mohd Nor Alami’s sister, Maizaituakmarani, 40, who was at the living room with her daughter, Nor Syashakilla Hasbullah, 20, saw the suspect standing at the door with a parang in his hand.
“Maizaituakmarani said she hid under a blanket as she was scared. She then saw the suspect entered and slashed her daughter’s right arm, causing them to scream.
“The screams startled Maizaituakmarani’s father, Zainal Abidin Omar, 63, who was in his room, who rushed out into the living room and was stabbed in the stomach several times by the suspect,” Mazlan told
reporters here yesterday.
Mazlan said the suspect, unemployed and believed to have undergone mental treatment, fled the scene after the commotion.
He said the victims who received early treatment at Jerantut Hospital were later rushed to Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Hospital in Temerloh for further treatment.
“The suspect was detained and his blood-stained clothes and a 40cm parang, believed to have been used in the incident, were seized for evidence,” he said.
Mazlan said initial investigations found that the suspect did not have any criminal record and urine tests conducted on him were negative.
He said the investigations were being conducted under Section 326 of the Penal Code which provides for a maximum jail sentence of up to 20 years and caning if found guilty. − Bernama
