Youth beaten and slashed for staring in cinema


A youth in his early 20s sustained serious injuries after he was bashed and hacked by several people at the exit of a cinema in Jalan Tun Dr Awang, Penang.

GEORGE TOWN: A youth in his early 20s sustained serious injuries after he was bashed and hacked by several people at the exit of a cinema in Jalan Tun Dr Awang here.

The victim had left the cinema with a friend at 2.30am on Sunday after a midnight screening when they were chased by a group of nine men armed with helmets and parang at the cinema’s exit path.

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