20170123 Three killed as man runs amok and sets house on fire
Malaysia Jan 23 2017 “Houses”
Dead : dead 1 to 4 Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Three killed as man runs amok and sets house on fire
Updated: 2017-01-23 12:00
KUCHING: Three people were killed when a man ran amok and set his victim’s house on fire at Matang here.
Earlier at 3.30pm yesterday, the man hacked to death 23-year-old Mohd Joe Abdullah at a house in Kampung Tumu, Jalan Matang.
He then set the house, which was occupied by 10 people, on fire, killing an elderly couple – Daud, 64 and Noraini, , 62.
Mohd Joe’s grief-stricken wife, Sofia Asan, 17, said she managed to run out of the burning house with her year-old daughter and mother through the back door.
“However, my grandmother who was ill and my blind grandfather died in the fire,” she told reporters.
Sofia said her father, Hasan, 36, was also slashed in the neck when he tried to distract the man as she, her child and mother escaped.
Sarawak Fire and Rescue assistant director of operations Farhan Sufyan Borhan said they were alerted to the incident at 3.43pm.
“We sent a team of eight firefighters from the Petrajaya fire station,” he said.
“By the time they arrived at 4.11pm, the house was completely burnt down. Firemen discovered the three bodies after the flames were extinguished at 4.40pm.”
Sarawak CID chief Datuk Dev Kumar said the culprit was arrested in a forest not far from the scene at 7.30pm.
Web Source:The star
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/01/23/three-killed-as-man-runs-amok-and-sets-house-on-fire/