Cops suspect 'samurai couple' may be deviants
As the police probe the background of a slain amok and his female accomplice who is under detention over a rampage outside Complex B of the Prime Minister’s Department complex in Putrajaya on Monday, they are closing in on the deviationist sect or militant group the duo belonged to.
As the police probe the background of a slain amok and his female accomplice who is under detention over a rampage outside Complex B of the Prime Minister’s Department complex in Putrajaya on Monday, they are closing in on the deviationist sect or militant group the duo belonged to.
Inspector-general of police Ismail Omar said that among others, the police were investigating the motive of Khalil Afandi Abdul Hamid, 47, and the 28-year-old woman, their blogs and Facebook, and extremist religious leanings.
He said initial investigations revealed Khalil Afandi and the woman were “mentally sick” and what they had done was not planned.
He added that what the police did to defuse the situation when the duo ran amok, followed security procedures.
Ismail said this after presenting the police league table awards in Kuala Lumpur today.
On Monday, Khalid Afandi, who claimed to be ‘Imam Mahadi’ (Last Messiah), and the woman arrived outside the department complex and whipped out samurai swords and a butcher’s knife.
Holding a policeman hostage and attacking a few other personnel, they struck at several cars before the police fired at the rampaging duo in the 2.30pm incident.
Khalil Afandi, who sustained gunshot wounds in the abdomen and shoulder, died on the way to the Putrajaya Hospital while the woman is undergoing treatment for a leg injury.
The woman is a former student of the Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia.
Meanwhile, on a statement by attorney-general Abdul Gani Patel that Malaysia might follow Singapore’s move to abolish the mandatory death penalty for drug couriers, Ismail said the police were ready to cooperate.
He said the force would give the necessary feedback and input, based on the viewpoint of its enforcement.
On another matter, Ismail denied the crime index had increased, saying there was no link to last year’s repeal of the Emergency Ordinance 1969 which involved detention without trial.
- Bernama
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