Police nab knife wielding man in Bukit Bintang
KUALA LUMPUR: Police arrested a Bangladeshi man, believed to be mentally unsound, after he was acting aggressively while armed with a knife in Jalan Bukit Bintang yesterday.
Dang Wangi district police chief ACP Mohd Fahmi Visuvanathan Abdullah said the man was waving a knife to the public before fleeing to Jalan Pudu pedestrian bridge near the Kuala Lumpur contingent police headquarters after he realised the presence of the police.
“The man, believed to be in his 30s, when trying to evade the police, climbed a billboard near a hotel in Jalan Bukit Bintang. Police then sought assistance from firefighters from the Hang Tuah Fire and Rescue station to persuade the man to come down.
“However, while bringing him down, the man became aggressive again and attacked firefighters and police personnel by kicking them in the face and chest,” he said.
Fahmi said the man was finally detained at about 2.10 pm and taken to the Tun H.S. Lee police station for investigation under Section 6 (1) (c) of the Immigration Act and Section 6 (1) of the Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act 1958.
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