Man stabs himself, pulls out intestines as pasar malam shoppers watch in horror
New Straits Times – Fri, Jun 27, 2014
HUTAN MELINTANG: Passersby of a pasar malam site at Batu 12 here could only watch in horror as a mentally unsound man stabbed himself in his abdomen and pulled out his intestine.
In the 1pm incident on Thursday, the man Shurkey Morthi, 42, was walking in the area talking to himself and looked disturbed.
Eyewitnesses said they saw him holding a scissors and dared not approached him.
“The people in the area tried to calm him down. In the meantime emergency calls were made to police,” said an eyewitness who declined to be named.
However before police could arrived, Morthi, who is unemployed, stabbed himself with the scissors and pulled out his intestine.
“After pulling out his intestine, he proceeded to cut it,” added another eyewitness.
Morthi was later rushed to Hospital Teluk Intan by ambulance for treatment but died at 6pm at the Emergency Ward.
Hilir Perak assistant district police chief Superintendent Mohd Zaki Harun when contacted today confirmed the incident.
“The case has been classified as sudden death,” he said.
