Foreign student attacked coursemate after break-up - Cops
KUALA LUMPUR: Dissatisfaction over a female coursemate ending their relationship is believed to have driven a foreign student to break into her family home in Taman Sri Bintang, Kepong, and attack her and her sibling.
A foreign student attacked his female coursemate and her sibling after she ended their relationship, according to Malaysian police. The motive appears to be dissatisfaction with the victim for breaking off their romantic involvement. The suspect, also a coursemate, is currently being treated at the psychiatric ward of Kuala Lumpur Hospital, though doctors are still assessing whether he has a mental health condition.
The incident took place in Taman Sri Bintang, Kepong, on September 30 at around 5am, when police responded to a report of a fire outside the house. Found hiding in a ground-floor toilet were the two siblings of the victim, while the suspect was apprehended in an upstairs room, armed with a knife. One sibling was discharged on October 4, while the other remains hospitalized.
The case is under investigation for voluntarily causing grievous hurt and arson, as per Penal Code Sections 326 and 435.
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