Student dies, girl hurt in attack
[Crimes]
KUCHING: A part-time college student was killed and his girlfriend assaulted in the state library compound in Petra Jaya here on Tuesday night.
It is believed that Mazlan Sapiee, 22, from Kampung Bintawa Tengah here, died of head injuries.
Sarawak CID chief SAC (II) Karn Kam Peng said Mazlan – the youngest of five siblings – was believed to have been beaten unconscious by an unknown assailant.
“Initial investigation showed that there was an attempt to rape the woman, identified only as Dayang, a 21-year-old college student,” he told reporters here yesterday.
According to Bernama, SAC Kam said based on the medical report, Dayang, who was admitted to the Sarawak General Hospital here and received seven stitches on her ear, was not raped as reported in the local newspapers yesterday.
The case, he added, had been classified as murder although the motive was robbery.
City police had recovered a 2m-long piece of wood, believed to be the murder weapon, from the scene, he said.
Mazlan's body, clad in his Hari Raya baju Melayu, was found under a tree by his father and a group of villagers after Dayang had informed his parents of the incident at 10pm.
The girl, also beaten unconscious during the attack, called his family from the hospital, where she had been sent by passing motorists whom she approached for help upon regaining consciousness.
Police sources said the assailant accosted the young couple around 8pm and asked if they had jewellery on them.
The assailant was believed to have approached the couple, whose wallets and handphones were taken in the incident, after alighting from his motorcycle.
This is the second such incident at the library compound in less than a week. Two men attacked another couple there last Thursday night.
In the earlier incident, it was believed that the couple, also in their 20s, were also beaten unconscious. They were found at around 11am on Friday and taken to the hospital, where they regained consciousness.
The motive for the attack was believed to be robbery.
9T9: Now even that quite and peacefull place, are not too safe anymore.
KUCHING: A part-time college student was killed and his girlfriend assaulted in the state library compound in Petra Jaya here on Tuesday night.
It is believed that Mazlan Sapiee, 22, from Kampung Bintawa Tengah here, died of head injuries.
Sarawak CID chief SAC (II) Karn Kam Peng said Mazlan – the youngest of five siblings – was believed to have been beaten unconscious by an unknown assailant.
“Initial investigation showed that there was an attempt to rape the woman, identified only as Dayang, a 21-year-old college student,” he told reporters here yesterday.
According to Bernama, SAC Kam said based on the medical report, Dayang, who was admitted to the Sarawak General Hospital here and received seven stitches on her ear, was not raped as reported in the local newspapers yesterday.
The case, he added, had been classified as murder although the motive was robbery.
City police had recovered a 2m-long piece of wood, believed to be the murder weapon, from the scene, he said.
Mazlan's body, clad in his Hari Raya baju Melayu, was found under a tree by his father and a group of villagers after Dayang had informed his parents of the incident at 10pm.
The girl, also beaten unconscious during the attack, called his family from the hospital, where she had been sent by passing motorists whom she approached for help upon regaining consciousness.
Police sources said the assailant accosted the young couple around 8pm and asked if they had jewellery on them.
The assailant was believed to have approached the couple, whose wallets and handphones were taken in the incident, after alighting from his motorcycle.
This is the second such incident at the library compound in less than a week. Two men attacked another couple there last Thursday night.
In the earlier incident, it was believed that the couple, also in their 20s, were also beaten unconscious. They were found at around 11am on Friday and taken to the hospital, where they regained consciousness.
The motive for the attack was believed to be robbery.
9T9: Now even that quite and peacefull place, are not too safe anymore.
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