KOTA BHARU: A car repossessor was hacked to death after being attacked by six men impersonating as policemen in Kampung Air Merah, Batu Gajah, Tanah Merah earlier today.
Kelantan deputy police chief SAC Din Ahmad said the victim, Wan Ishak Wan Ismail, 48, died at the scene from severe injuries to his back and left leg with his right wrist almost severed.
“The victim was approached by a group of six men at his home at 2am today before being hacked with machetes.
“Initial investigations revealed the motive as revenge,” he said when met at the Omar Abdul Aziz Mosque in Ketereh here, today.
The victim’s wife, Daengbut Rattana, 45, from Thailand said she and her four children, aged between two and 18 years, were in the house when her husband was attacked.
“Someone knocked on the door saying they were police, but when I opened the door I found six men carrying machetes who started attacking my husband,” she said.