Man throws step-grandson from 4th floor window after failing to rape stepdaughter
Published on: Sunday, November 29, 2020
By: NST
KUALA LUMPUR: A four-year-old boy was killed, believed to have been flung out from a unit on the fourth floor of an apartment in Danau Kota, Setapak, Sunday, reported NST.
The victim was said to have been thrown out by his step-grandfather after the latter attempted to rape his stepdaughter who was the victim's mother, at about 7.40am.
ADVERTISEMENT Kuala Lumpur Criminal Investigation Department chief, Senior Assistant Commissioner Nik Ros Azhan Nik Abd Hamid said they received information of the incident at 8am.
"Preliminary investigation found that the 42-year-old suspect tried to rape his stepdaughter who was sleeping in the living room but was stopped by his wife and other stepchildren.
"The victim's stepchildren between 19 and 29 years old tried to stop him. The suspect then became furious and began striking the others in the house," he told reporters.
Azhan added that the suspect acted out of control when he saw his stepchildren screaming for help from neighbours.
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This was when he lifted the four-year-old boy and headed to the window of the main room and subsequently threw the child out.
The suspect jumped out through the window but was then detained by security guards and members of the public who later handed him over to the police.