JOHOR BARU - Her screams reached the ears of a neighbour. But by the time the man rushed to her house, her boyfriend had pummelled her to death.
The 57-year-old neighbour in a village here, who only wanted to be known as Ahmad, said he heard the victim crying and screaming for help at about 10.30am yesterday.
“I quickly ran to the house and saw her on the ground.
“The boyfriend was repeatedly hitting her with a bag,” he said, adding that although he was there, the man he knew as Edy refused to stop raining blows on the girl, known only as Ana.
“I put myself between the two but by the time I broke up the fight, Ana was lifeless and blood was streaming from her body,” said Ahmad, a taxi driver who owns the house.
Ahmad said he then shoved Edy into the house, locked the door and told the other neigh-bours, who had gathered there, to guard the house. He then called the police.
Seri Alam Deputy OCPD Supt Saifi Abd Hamid said the police were investigating the cause of the argument between the two, both aged 28, that led to the death of the woman.
“We believe the victim died of head injuries at the scene,” he said, adding that the suspect has been de-tained for questioning.
