Bachok police classify death of woman in confinement as sudden death

KOTA BARU: The police have classified the case of a woman in confinement, who was discovered with a knife lodged in her neck at a house in Kampung Beris Panchor, Bachok, as sudden death.

Bachok police chief Superintendent Mohamad Ismail Jamaluddin said investigations revealed there was no criminal element in the woman's death.

"The post-mortem results from the Raja Perempuan Zainab ll Hospital's forensic department concluded that the cause of death was excessive bleeding at the neck area," he said in a statement on Thursday (April 13).

In the 5pm incident on Wednesday (April 12), the 35-year-old woman was found bleeding by her younger brother who immediately took his sister to Beris Panchor Clinic before a doctor confirmed she had passed away. – Bernama

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