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Published: Tuesday December 7, 2010 MYT 7:09:00 PM
Updated: Tuesday December 7, 2010 MYT 7:10:02 PM
Robber gets his hand chopped off by home owner
BESUT: A 28-year-old robber, who tried to break into a fish breeder's house in Kampung Pengkalan Gaduh, Limbongan, near here, literally left empty handed when the owner chopped off his left hand during the botched robbery.
Besut police chief Supt. Kamaruddin Mohd Zakaria said the fish breeder, 49, was awakened by the presence of an intruder who was trying to enter his house through a window, at about 3.30am Tuesday.
The owner grabbed a parang and sneaked behind the intruder who was at that time trying to prise open his house window with a steel bar. "Surprised by the owner, the robber turned to assault him with the steel bar. But the owner quickly avoided the blow and slashed the suspect's hand," he told reporters when met at the scene.
The robber fled, leaving his severed hand behind. The owner later lodged a police report. "Police who arrived at the scene, retrieved the suspect's hand, and sent it to the Besut Hospital," he said.
Kamaruddin said the suspect was later found in a pool of blood at a chalet in Bukit Keluang with a 15-year-old girl who was still shocked and crying when police arrived. "The suspect and his hand were sent to the Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital (HUSM) in Kubang Kerian for treatment," he said.
According to Kamaruddin, the teenage girl from Cherang Ruku, Pasir Puteh, Kelantan, who claimed to be the suspect's wife, had rented the chalet that was located about 300 metres from the fish breeder's house. He added that the suspect did not have any previous criminal record. - Bernama
