2007.05.19
KOTA BARU, FRI.: A 24-year-old motorcycle mechanic was killed while three of his relatives were injured in an attack by about 20 people armed with iron rods, hammers, sickles and hockey sticks last Wednesday.
Mohamad Ramzi Ibrahim, the eldest of seven children, died 10 hours after he was admitted to the Hospital Universiti Sains (HUSM) in Kubang Kerian. His 47-year-old father Ibrahim Harun, his 17-year-old brother Mohamad Ramzan and a cousin identified only as Zulhilmi received outpatient treatment after the attack at the family’s food stall.
Ibrahim believes the attack was in retaliation for his decision to complain to the school authorities that his 15-year-old son was being bullied. He claims some of the students who were bullying Mohamad Shafai took part in the attack.
Mohamad Shafai later said his schoolmates would hit him if he refused to give them money.
Mohd Ramzi’s mother Rohana Seman said he rushed from their home next to the stall in Jalan Kebun Sultan and and tried to fend off the attackers. She said she recognised relatives of the schoolmates who had been bullying Mohd Shafai.
"They turned on abang (Mohamad Ramzi) and hit him on the head with a hammer. I saw him fall down with blood on his head," the 42-year-old said, adding that the attackers fled when police arrived.
Kelantan Criminal Investigation Department chief Assistant Commissioner Mazlan Lazim said the incident is being investigated as a murder.
No arrests have been made at the time of this report.
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