Grandma robbed, stabbed to death, with granddaughter in next room


KUALA LUMPUR: A 71-year-old grandmother was believed to have been robbed then brutally stabbed to death in her Sentul home, while her young granddaughter was in the next room.

Her neighbour said that at around 7pm Wednesday, she heard a commotion and screams by Swa Kim Chia, who lived on the first floor of a shophouse along Jalan Union.

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