KUALA LUMPUR: Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Mohd Khalid Ismail and Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail visited the policeman seriously injured in a machete attack in Kepong on Wednesday (Nov 11).
L/Kpl Thierry Rodger Pendy, 26, who is attached to the Crime Prevention and Community Safety Division at the Gombak district police headquarters, is currently warded at Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
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Thursday's (Nov 12) visit by Saifuddin Nasution and Khalid was to assess the officer's condition and convey their support for him and his family.
They also offered words of encouragement to the injured policeman.
According to a post on the Royal Malaysia Police official Facebook page, the officer's right hand was severed after a foreign man attacked him with a machete while he was on duty.
He was initially taken to Hospital Selayang for emergency treatment before being transferred to HKL for surgery in an attempt to reattach the hand.
Also present were Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Shazeli Kahar, Bukit Aman Crime Prevention and Community Safety Department deputy director (General Policing/Community Policing) Datuk Suryani Sungit, police secretary Mohammad Mashdik Yahya, Kuala Lumpur Criminal Investigation Department (CID) chief Senior Asst Comm Sazalee Adam, Dang Wangi OCPD Asst Comm Ahmad Azwan Amin Nordin and Gombak OCPD Asst Comm Ibrahim Husin.
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In Wednesday's incident, the suspect charged out of a residential unit in Desa Aman Puri, Kepong, armed with two machetes and attacked police officers, firefighters, and Health Ministry staff at about 7pm.
Comm Shazeli said the suspect was shot after he was spotted near a playground, not far from the apartment, between 7.30pm and 8pm, shortly after injuring the policeman.
The injured suspect was also taken to hospital but pronounced dead on arrival.
