BUTTERWORTH: Residents of an apartment in Taman Mesra Indah, Bagan Lalang near here received a rude shock when they discovered the body of a woman lying in a pool of blood at the ground floor of their block.
The victim, believed to be a Thai national, had reportedly just moved in to one of the apartment units with her husband about a month ago.
Slash wounds were found on the victim, who was clad in a red T-shirt and a pair of shorts.
Her husband, a local man in his 40s, was also found hanged in their house.
The couple is said to have recently wedded.
The police were on the scene investigating the incident after receiving a distress call from the public at around 4.45pm on Saturday.
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