Thursday March 11, 2010

Police launch massive manhunt
for kindergarten attacker

Johor police have launched what they described as a “massive manhunt” for a man who attacked a kindergarten on Wednesday morning, injuring three six-year-old children with a hammer before fleeing. Johor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff told reporters that “all the department’s resources” would be deployed towards nabbing the attacker, whom they believe was of unsound mind.

Six-year-old Vincent Tey being wheeled into the Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital in Muar after the attack Wednesday.

Three six-year-old pupils, including a girl, were seriously injured when a man wearing a crash helmet rushed into their kindergarten centre and hit them on the heads with a hammer in Muar.
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TODAY IN PICTURES

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Exotic beauties, as far as the eye can see

Orchids of every colour, size and shape bloom in profusion in one of Kuching’s newest attractions.

Kuching North City Hall assistant Information officer Rohidayawati Medahi taking in the pretty sight of the ‘Dendrobium Memoria Laila’ orchids named after Puan Sri Laila Taib, the late wife of Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud. – By Zulazhar Sheblee/The Star

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Last Updated: Wednesday, March 10 2010  6:45 pm

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