Eleven-year-old boy slashed to death in Lahad Datu

LAHAD DATU: An 11-year-old boy died with slash wounds on his head, neck and hands, believed to have been attacked by a male friend of the victim’s stepfather at the Felda Sahabat 50 workers housing near here on Saturday (Sept 23) morning.

Lahad Datu District police chief ACP Rohan Shah Ahmad said in the incident at 7.30am, the victim’s mother and stepfather, who were also foreign nationals and general farm workers, had left for work leaving the boy with the 33-year-old suspect.