Published: Thursday August 15, 2013 MYT 7:03:00 PM
Updated: Thursday August 15, 2013 MYT 7:11:34 PM
Man kills his teenage niece, attempts suicide in temple
BY SHAUN HO
KAJANG: A 16-year-old girl was killed by her uncle who later tried to take his own life.
Before the horrifying incident at 11.30am, K. Yogiswary was washing dishes with her uncle’s wife at his house in Taman Sri Reko.
According to initial reports from the police, her uncle A. Arndy, 59, stormed in and held a knife to Yagiswary’s neck.
He allegedly dragged her out by her hair, led her to the Hindu temple located opposite the house and slit her throat there.
After that, he entered one of the rooms in the temple and slit his own throat.
His 30-year-old son, A. Gunasegaran, who witnessed the entire scene immediately called the police and ambulance.
Arndy was rushed to the Serdang Hospital for surgery and is reportedly in critical condition.
