Man assaulted with machete during breakfast in Tawau


KOTA KINABALU: A routine breakfast outside his home in Kampung Kurnia Jaya Batu 4 home turned violent for a 50-year-old Tawau man when he was attacked with a machete on Wednesday (Oct 23) at 7.30am, leaving him severely injured.

Tawau District Police Chief Asst Comm Jasmin Hussin said the assailant, a foreign man in his 30s and known to the victim, was arrested by CID officers from the Tawau District Police Headquarters several hours after the attack.

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