Apartment residents panic after seeing man in suicide bomber costume


A police handout picture of the "suicide bomber".

PETALING JAYA: A man distressed residents of an apartment here after he dressed up as a suicide bomber, apparently for a Halloween costume party, over a month ago.

Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Zani Che Din said that a police report was filed on Tuesday over the incident that occurred on Sept 28.

"At about 7.40pm, residents at an apartment in Damansara Perdana came across the man who was dressed as a suicide bomber.

"It was for a Halloween party and he was spotted riding the lift," ACP Mohd Zani said.

The suspect, who is believed to be a local, had a fake beard and dressed in white, using a brown chequered towel as a headdress and a 'circuit board' made of cardboard with two plastic bottles taped to its sides.

ACP Mohd Zani said those with information are urged to notify the police.

The case has been classified under Section 506 of the Penal Code for criminal intimidation.

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