BUKIT MERTAJAM, Dec 2 — Police recovered a highly decomposed, decapitated head and hands of a human some 50m from the Machang Bubuk police station near here yesterday.
The head was found in bushes and the hands 5m away on the road leading to a Chinese cemetrey at the new village.
State deputy CID chief R.S. Gunarajan said he believed the head and hands belonged to the same victim whose legs were found in Sungai Bakap on Saturday.
“The head was inside a tied plastic bag. We believe the assailant or assailants aimed to gain the attention of the public, and there was no other reason behind it,” he said at the scene.
Gunarajan denied speculation the gruesome act was a signal that the killers intended to challenge the police.
He said the decapitated head and the limbs were believed to be that of a foreigner.
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The head was found in bushes and the hands 5m away on the road leading to a Chinese cemetrey at the new village.
State deputy CID chief R.S. Gunarajan said he believed the head and hands belonged to the same victim whose legs were found in Sungai Bakap on Saturday.
“The head was inside a tied plastic bag. We believe the assailant or assailants aimed to gain the attention of the public, and there was no other reason behind it,” he said at the scene.
Gunarajan denied speculation the gruesome act was a signal that the killers intended to challenge the police.
He said the decapitated head and the limbs were believed to be that of a foreigner.
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