AN elderly woman was slashed to death while her two friends were injured in an incident in Putra Point, Bandar Baru Nilai, today.

Nilai police chief Mohd Nor Marzukee Besar said the victim, 63, along with two other women, aged 61 and 69, were in an empty building when they were attacked by a 42-year-old man wielding a machete at about 9.30am.

“Footage from the closed-circuit television camera showed the suspect chasing all the victims before he swung a machete at the back of the victim.

“She died at the scene, while the two injured were taken to Tuanku Ja’afar Hospital, Seremban, for further treatment,” he said in a statement today.

He said police arrested a suspect on Jalan Bandar Baru Nilai 1/2E at 12.30pm today, and he is being held on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. – Bernama, November 2, 2020.