Student stabbed to death
BY G.C. TANTHE STAR
SUNGAI PETANI: A meet-up with friends at a cyber cafe turned fatal for a Form Four student while he was walking home alone in Bandar Puteri Jaya here.
Four men on two motorcycles rode up to K. Kishen , 16, near a row of shoplots. One of them alighted, whipped out a sharp object and stabbed him in the chest.
The attackers fled the scene after several residents and shoplot operators rushed out to check on the commotion at about 9.30pm on Tuesday.
The victim collapsed shortly after and died upon arrival at the Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital.
Witness D. Kannan, 44, said he thought the boy was a robbery victim after the commotion broke out.
“I knew the boy and he could still talk when I rushed to his aid.
“He was clinging to his handphone and wallet, and told me someone had stabbed him.
“I informed his friend who stays nearby. They rushed him to a clinic where a doctor there called the ambulance,” he said when met at his shop yesterday.
Kuala Muda OCPD Asst Comm Md Zukir Md Isa said they had picked up a 15-year-old boy to assist in the investigation.
He said police were probing for the motive, adding that the case was being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.
“The boy will be remanded until Tuesday,” he said.
Shocking news: Pakri is inconsolable over the loss of her son Kishen while waiting to claim his body at the Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital in Sungai Petani, Kedah. - G.C.TAN / THE STAR
The victim’s father M. Kanniapan, in his 60s, and mother P. Pakri, 53, were too distraught to speak to the press when met at the Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital mortuary.
His uncle, L. Siva, 39, who rushed to the mortuary from Kepong, still could not come to terms with his death.
“He was a good boy. As far as I am concerned, he did not have any bad habits.
“Those who did this must be brought to justice,” he said.
Kishen will be cremated at the Hindu cemetery in Jalan Hospital Lama at noon today.
