A fruit trader was stabbed to death by his own friend believed to be claiming his debt, in an incident at a car workshop in Jalan Kampung Selamat, Sitiawan near here today.
As reported by Guang Ming Daily, Manjung District Police Chief ACP Nor Omar Sappi said in the incident at about 12.50pm, the 42-year-old victim was said to have come to the workshop belonging to the 51-year-old suspect and hit him.
“The victim then took a knife in the workshop and fought with the suspect. The suspect managed to seize the knife and stabbed the victim in the neck and abdomen, causing his friend to die at the scene.”
Nor Omar said after the incident, the suspect came to the Sitiawan Police Station at about 1.20pm to surrender himself. He said during the incident, the suspect’s younger brother was in his 40s and the victim’s 15-year-old son was also at the workshop.
He said the case was being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code and the victim’s body was sent to the Forensic Department, Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital, Ipoh for an autopsy.
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