A teenager sustained an injury on her eyebrow following an assault in Merdeka Beach Resort in Sungai Petani, Kedah. Videos capturing the incident have also gone viral on social media, namely Twitter and TikTok.
Kuala Muda police chief, ACP Zaidy Che’ Hasan said that the perpetrator, a 29-year-old woman, was arrested after the police received a report about the incident from the 18-year-old victim on the same day.
It was also revealed that the incident took place at 6:22pm on Sunday (19th June). The investigation found that the cause of the incident was due to the suspect being unhappy with the victim’s family business. In his statement, the police official added that the suspect, who works as a factory operator, grappled with the victim, causing the latter to suffer an injury to her right eyebrow.
At that time, the victim was helping her sister at a store selling children’s toys in the area. “The suspect had met the victim, before an altercation broke out. The latter was allegedly assaulted using a car key, which resulted in the victim sustainin injury on her right eyebrow. Following that, the victim immediately lodged a police report about the incident,” ACP Zaidy said in his statement.
While you’re here, you can watch the full video of the incident here (Trigger warning – Blood):
https://twitter.com/nanmanjoi8715/status/1538915013045657600?
The female victim was then sent to Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital (HSAH) to receive treatment for her injury.
Sources: Kosmo, Sinar Harian.
