Man and woman slashed to death outside pub

KUALA LUMPUR: A man and a woman were slashed to death while another man was critically injured in what appears to be a revenge killing at a pub along Jalan Dutamas 1.

Sentul OCPD Asst Comm R. Munusamy said the incident occurred at around 11pm on Wednesday.

“We received a call via MERS 999 that a man armed with a parang had slashed another man in front of a pub here.

“Based on CCTV footage from the area, two vehicles had stopped in front of the pub and at least six suspects armed with parang and wearing masks got out.

“One of the suspects approached the victims who were sitting in front of the pub and began brutally attacking them while the other suspects were seen going into the pub.

“The attack was swift and the suspects fled the scene moments later in the same vehicles they came in,” he said yesterday.

He said the man and woman aged 21 and 23 respectively, were pronounced dead on arrival at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital while another man whose identity has yet to be ascertained was in critical but stable condition.

“A post-mortem on the two victims revealed that they died from multiple wounds caused by a sharp object. Following the murders, we arrested six suspects at around 2am on Thursday,” he said, adding that the suspects were aged between 20 and 33.

ACP Munusamy said the six had been remanded for seven days to help with investigations.

“Based on our investigations we believe the attack was motivated by revenge.

“We have classified the case as murder,” he said,

He urged anyone with information on the case to contact the police hotline at 03-2115 9999 or visit the nearest police station.