Alleged murderer nabbed by police after jumping off of Penang Bridge

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A 42-year-old woman was killed after she was attacked and slashed with a machete by a man in the Raja Uda area, Butterworth Tuesday (Dec 19) morning.  North Seberang Prai OCPD Assistant Commissioner Mohd Asri Shafie said the suspect, a 29-year-old local man, was later caught and arrested after he had jumped into the sea from the Penang Bridge to flee the crime scene.  Read more at http://tinyurl.com/bd5rfc4h  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 A man jumped into the sea from the Penang Bridge after he allegedly killed a woman at

00:16 Jalan Raja Tun Uda on Tuesday.

00:20 North Seberang Prairie District Police Chief ACP Mohamad Asri Shafi said the 29-year-old

00:26 suspect was arrested after he was saved by a group of fishermen.

00:31 A viral video shows the suspect trying to jump off the fishing boat again despite having

00:36 been rescued as the boat was en route to the Batu Uban Marine Police jetty.

00:44 ACP Mohamad Asri said police had received a distress call at 11.10am that an assailant

00:55 who was armed with a machete had slashed the woman in the neck, causing serious injuries.

01:00 The victim, aged 42, was taken to Hospital Seberang Jaya and confirmed dead at 11.58am

01:07 while receiving treatment.

01:09 ACP Mohamad Asri said a police team conducting an investigation at the scene came across

01:14 CCTV footage of the incident and witnesses were also present.

01:19 The suspect is being held to assist with the investigation under Section 302 of the Penal

01:26 Code for Murder.

01:28 Police are appealing to anyone with information about the incident to contact any nearby police

01:33 station.

01:33 The video shows the suspect trying to jump off a fishing boat again despite having been

01:40 rescued as the boat was en route to the Batu Uban Marine Police jetty.

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