Boy drowns trying to retrieve ball

Compiled by JAROD LIM, LOH FOON FONG and R.ARAVINTHAN 

AN 11-year-old boy from Lahat, Perak, drowned while trying to retrieve a ball from a sewage treatment pond, Tamil Nesan reported.

The SJK(T) Taman Desa Pinji pupil was reportedly playing with friends in the evening when the ball accidentally landed on the pond, which has a high wall surrounding it.

While trying to retrieve it, the boy fell in and was unable to get out.

A passer-by managed to save him and rushed him to hospital, but he died on the way.

The boy, identified as S. Tha­nushraj, lost his father seven years ago and was living with his mo­­ther, a factory worker, and grandpa­rents.

> Police in Andra Pradesh, India, have arrested a serial killer who like to leave bite marks, Tamil dailies reported.

Munusami from Vellore, in neighbouring Tamil Nadu state, was arrested based on his fingerprints lifted at crime scenes.

The man, who is a suspect in se­­ven murder and four attempted murder cases, and more than 30 robberies, reportedly targeted people living on the outskirts of villages along the Andra-Tamil Nadu border.

He mainly preyed on women li­­ving alone.

The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item