Two injured in Penang car blast

Athi Shankar - Free Malaysia Today
August 12, 2013

 
 Police investigation reveal that the blast was caused by a home-made explosive device placed under the car.

GEORGE TOWN: Two women, including a foreigner, were injured when an explosive went off under a parked car here today.

The incident happened in the notorious red light area of Love Lane near Chulia Street at 2.30pm.

The women, who were walking near the parked car, are receiving treatment at Penang Hospital. They are said to be recovering well.

Police investigation revealed that the blast was caused by a home-made explosive device placed under the car.

The car owner apparently had gone to take his lunch just a few minutes before the blast took place.

The owner, an ethnic Chinese. had lodged a report at nearby Central police station.



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Road bully throws firecrackers at car in Love Lane

By WINNIE YEOH
The Star 13/8/13

GEORGE TOWN: A bank officer had a scare when a road bully threw firecrackers at his car as he was driving in Love Lane on Monday.

Ong Kok Kwang, 23, was driving along Lebuh Farquhar in his Honda Civic with another friend when he noticed a Nissan Grand Livina trailing behind him at about 2.30pm.

Ong then turned into Love Lane to head towards his office but the driver of the other car followed him.

He then slowed down to give way but the driver of the other car, who was with a woman in the passenger seat, starting ramming into his car from behind.

After turning into Love lane, the man drew level and hurled firecrackers at Ong's car. The explosives landed on Ong's car and went off.

The incident caused a Chinese tourist, who was walking along Love Lane, to be injured in the leg, according to her police report.


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Police arrest man for firecracker 'Bomb' in Love Lane

By Rahmat Khairulrijal | news@nst.com.my
13/8/13

BUKIT MERTAJAM: A 38-year old man was arrested in connection to the firecracker 'bomb' which exploded under a car, injuring two women in Love Lane here yesterday.

State Criminal Investigation Department chief Senior Assistant Commissioner Mazlan Kesah said the suspect was nabbed near Alor Star in Kedah at about 2am today.

"Our special task force managed to identify the suspect and grabbed him at his house," he told the New Straits Times when contacted today.

Mazlan said the victim had previous convictions and police were investigating the motive.

"Police will ask for a remand order to facilitate our investigation," he said adding that the case was classified under Section 506 of the Penal Code for criminal intimidation and Section 4 of the Corrosive, Explosive, and Dangerous Weapons Act 1958.

On Monday, a 21-year-old Chinese national and a local woman were injured in their legs after being hit by fragments of explosive thrown from a car onto another car.

The force of the explosion damaged the rear of the vehicles and caused havoc as many in the vicinity thought a bomb had gone off.

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Love Lane road bully high on Drugs, say cops

By ROYCE TAN
roycetan@thestar.com.my
14/8/13


GEORGE TOWN: The road bully, who repeatedly rammed his vehicle into another driver’s car before throwing homemade firecrackers to frighten him, has been arrested in Alor Setar.

The 37-year-old man was picked up yesterday by a police team after he was tracked through his car plate number.

George Town OCPD Asst Comm Gan Kong Meng said the suspect, a father of two, has a previous record for three drug-related and two criminal offences, adding that a urine test later showed that he was high on methamphetamine.

On Monday, bank officer Ong Kok Kwang’s Honda Civic was rear-ended several times by the suspect who was driving a Nissan Grand Livina.

The suspect then threw the firecrackers at Ong’s car, blowing off the rear bumper.

Earlier, he trailed Ong from Far­quhar Street to Love Lane. A tourist from China who was walking along Love Lane suffered minor injuries.

ACP Gan said the police forensic team was trying to determine the type of firecrackers used.

The suspect has been remanded for a week to facilitate investigations.

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GEORGE TOWN: The road bully, who repeatedly rammed his vehicle into another driver’s car before throwing homemade firecrackers to frighten him, has been arrested in Alor Setar.

The 37-year-old man was picked up yesterday by a police team after he was tracked through his car plate number.

George Town OCPD Asst Comm Gan Kong Meng said the suspect, a father of two, has a previous record for three drug-related and two criminal offences, adding that a urine test later showed that he was high on methamphetamine.

On Monday, bank officer Ong Kok Kwang’s Honda Civic was rear-ended several times by the suspect who was driving a Nissan Grand Livina.

The suspect then threw the firecrackers at Ong’s car, blowing off the rear bumper.

Earlier, he trailed Ong from Far­quhar Street to Love Lane. A tourist from China who was walking along Love Lane suffered minor injuries.

ACP Gan said the police forensic team was trying to determine the type of firecrackers used.

The suspect has been remanded for a week to facilitate investigations.

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By ROYCE TAN
roycetan@thestar.com.my
14/8/13

Clerk dies as parcel explodes in his hands

TUMPAT: A primary school clerk was killed when a black package he took from on top of a relative’s car exploded.

Mohd Yusrizal Mat Zain, 32, had removed the package placed above the car belonging to his brother-in-law, which was parked in front of the latter’s family home in Taman Seri Periuk, Kampung Periuk, at about 11am yesterday.

Kelantan CID chief ACP Lai Yong Heng, who disclosed this, said Yusrizal suffered injuries on his hands and body and died instantly.

ACP Lai said the victim was from Kampung Kenor, Kuala Krai, and was a clerk at SRK Manik Urai in Kuala Krai.

He had come to visit his in-laws on Saturday night. He was married and had a four-month-old daughter.

The explosion also damaged the Naza Citra car on which the package had been placed, as well as a Perodua Alza parked beside it.

The explosion shocked residents of the housing estate and even nearby villages, causing them to rush out to check on what had happened.

The brother-in-law, who declined to be identified, said Yusrizal and his family had come to their house to celebrate Hari Raya.

He said the package on the roof of the car was first spotted by Yusrizal’s wife when she opened the front door of the house.

He said Yusrizal then walked over to take the package.

The contents of the package have yet to be ascertained. — Bernama

Attempted Murder by Bombing in Sabah

Duo cheat death in explosive attack on car

by Elton Gomes. Posted on June 27, 2013, Thursday


PENAMPANG: Two young men cheated death when the car they were in was attacked with an explosive device, believed to be a petrol bomb, at the entrance to Penampang Buddhist Temple, Jalan Taipaikung, in Dongonggon town on Tuesday night.

It is believed that the victims, identified only as Woi, 26, and Lau, 19, had just entered the Proton Waja car near the temple around 9.30pm when a man in a Perodua Kancil car that was driving past them hurled the explosive device.

It was said that after throwing the explosive device, the Kancil car stopped several meters away until the explosive device went off. Once the occupants of the Kancil car heard the explosion, they sped off.

The victims immediately got off the car and suffered only minor injuries. The explosion, which could be heard some two kilometers away, damaged the back of the Waja car.

No other vehicles were parked near the scene then while the windows of a house located near the parked car were damaged.

Meanwhile, district police chief DSP Ratan Kumar Singh said a police forensic team and a bomb squad went to the scene to investigation.

“No one was hurt in the incident and police are still investigating the motive behind the attack,” he said, adding that the case was investigated under Section 6 of the Explosives Act 1957.

He urged anyone with information on the incident to immediately contact the police to assist in their investigation.

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