Neighbours shocked by seven-year-old girl's murder

BANGI: The murder of a seven-year-old girl by her father has shocked neighbours at the peaceful Section 4 area at Bandar Baru Bangi here.

The man, said to be depressed, attacked three of his daughters on Thursday evening with a machete before fleeing into the bushes behind his house along Jalan 4/9G.

He was caught by police two hours later covered in blood with injuries to his head along the banks of Sungai Langat about 300m from his house.

Anas Shafiq, 15, who lives down the road, said one of the girls ran to his house and asked for help.

"It was a gruesome sight.

"She was covered in blood and the top of her lip was cut deep," he said adding that she also had a huge gash on the back of her head.

Anas said another neighbour rushed the girl to the hospital before the police arrived.

Another neighbour who only wanted to be known as Roslan, in his 50's, said he was on his way home when he heard about the attack.

"I could not believe he could do such thing.

"We usually chat at the mosque and he never seemed depressed or unhappy," he said.

Meanwhile, another neighbour who only wanted to be known as Mat, in his 50's said the family was a close knit one.

"They always came for neighbourhood functions together and were polite and friendly.

"I wish I could have done something to prevent this" he said adding that the last time a similar incident took place was a few years ago when a woman and her lover killed her husband at a house at Section 4/11.

In that case he said they chopped up the mans body and burried it in the yard outside the house.

"The house is still vacant until now," he said.