KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 (Bernama) -- A policeman’s right wrist was severed after he was attacked by a foreign national who went on a rampage at a residential property in Desa Aman Puri, Kepong, this afternoon.
Selangor Police Chief Datuk Shazeli Kahar said police received a report from a member of the public at 4 pm about a man who was reportedly in an unstable condition and behaving aggressively.
Following the report, a team of police, Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) personnel and Health Ministry (MOH) staff was sent to the scene to help control the situation.
When the door was opened, the suspect attacked the officers with two machetes and caused a 26-year-old Lance Corporal from the Gombak District Police Headquarters’ Mobile Patrol Vehicle (MPV) unit to suffer a severed right wrist and injuries to his head and body.
“Several firefighters and MOH personnel also sustained minor injuries. The suspect then fled but was located at a nearby playground at 7 pm,” he told a press conference at Selayang Hospital here tonight.
Shazeli said the suspect attacked police with a machete when officers tried to arrest him, prompting them to fire several shots.
He said the suspect was pronounced dead while being taken to hospital.
The injured policeman was taken to Selayang Hospital before being transferred to Kuala Lumpur Hospital for surgery on his severed right hand and he was reported to be in stable condition.
The incident had earlier gone viral on social media, drawing various reactions from netizens.
-- BERNAMA