Four detained in connection to snatch theft, stabbing

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The four suspects being taken away for lock-up.

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The four suspects being taken away for lock-up.

KUCHING: Four suspects have been detained following a snatch theft incident on Wednesday night.

A 21-year-old woman was waiting for her father outside Viva City to pick her up when a man came out of a car and snatched her handphone and fled.

At 7.00am on Thursday, Kuching CID personnel went to a house at Taman Samarindah in Kota Samarahan and arrested a 25-year-old man for the snatch theft. The police also seized a car.

Police then went to three different locations in Samarahan and detained three more suspects, aged between 18 and 23.

They were all arrested for involving the snatch theft case. They were also suspected to be involved in a stabbing case in Samarahan.

The victim was stabbed in the back and is in serious condition in the Sarawak General Hospital.

All the four suspected are on remand for further questioning.

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