A policeman’s right hand was severed in an attempt to stop a troubled foreign individual in Kepong yesterday (11 November).
Police received a report at 4pm about an aggressive, apparently unstable man at an apartment in Desa Amanpuri, Kepong. A team of police officers, firefighters, and Health Ministry personnel were sent to the scene to manage the incident.
At about 7pm, the man burst out of the door armed with two machetes and lunged at the team.
In the scuffle, a 26-year-old police lance corporal from the Gombak district police headquarters’ Mobile Patrol Vehicle unit had his right hand severed and suffered injuries to his head and body. Several firefighters and Health Ministry personnel also sustained minor injuries.
