Schoolgirl dies after being hit by car in school compound in Kelantan


KOTA BARU: A female Form One student was killed after she was believed to have been hit by a car in the compound of her school here at about 1.30pm.

The victim’s aunt Zuraifah Noor had arrived outside the school compound to pick up Nur Fatimatul Hawa Mohd Azaudin and her older brother, Mohd Ali Mustaqim, 15, at about 1.30pm according to their daily routine but was concerned when she did not see them there.

"Suddenly, Mohd Ali Mustaqim showed up and told me that his sister was gone.

"I was shocked and could not understand what had happened and rushed to the surau where the victim was believed to have been hit,” she told reporters at Universiti Sains Malaysia Kubang Kerian Specialist Hospital’s forensics unit here on Sunday (April 12).

It is believed that Nur Fatimatul Hawa died after the car hit her after she had just finished Zohor prayers at the school’s surau.

Kota Baru district police chief Asst Comm Mohd Azmir Damiri confirmed the incident when contacted.

Meanwhile, Nur Fatimatul Hawa’s father, Mohd Azaudin Abdullah, 43, told reporters at the same hospital that he was at work in Kampung Chepa when Zuraifah contacted him and asked him to go to his daughter’s school immediately.

"I didn’t know what was going on until I arrived at the school.

"As soon as I got there, I immediately went to the surau and was shocked to find my daughter lying there, dead,” he told reporters, as he expressed his hope that justice would be served in this matter.

Zuraifah, who was still shocked and saddened about the incident, also shared that she had been taking care of Nur Fatimatul Hawa Mohd Azaudin and her three siblings ever since their mother, Siti Maheran, passed away more than five years ago. — Bernama

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