Teen slashes dad after being scolded for skipping school

KUALA LUMPUR: A 17-year-old boy in Setapak was detained for allegedly slashing his own father with a knife. Prior to the incident, the 47-year-old father had scolded the son, who is sitting for his SPM, for skipping school. Wangsa Maju OCPD Asst Comm Mohamad Lazim Ismail said the incident occurred at 6.42pm on Monday (Aug 17). "The father...

Four cops injured in machete attack after man runs amok in Sungai Petani

SUNGAI PETANI: Four policemen suffered injuries to multiple parts of their bodies, including their heads, after being slashed with a machete while trying to restrain a man who ran amok in Taman Seri Astana near here on Friday (Feb 14). Kuala Muda district police chief ACP Wan Azharuddin Wan Ismail two of the injured personnel, both...

Vegetable seller slashed by robber while protecting fiancee in Papar

KOTA KINABALU: A vegetable seller was seriously hurt after being slashed with a sword in a robbery in Sabah’s southwestern Papar district. The 27-year-old man was returning after delivering vegetable supplies with his fiancee in the state capital Kota Kinabalu, some 40km from the district, before stopping by for a meal at a restaurant at 1.30am...