Student warded with severe wounds after friend’s alleged acid attack
KOTA BARU: A 22-year-old student suffered severe injuries after being splashed with acid, allegedly by her friend, at a medical university in Kubang Kerian here.

It is learnt that the Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital (HUSM) student suffered serious wounds on her face, eyes and other parts of her body in the attack, which happened at about 4.30pm on Friday.

Sources said that about an hour earlier, the victim and her friend, also aged 22, who is from a public university in Batu Pahat, Johor, were engaged in a heated argument at the campus before security officers on duty intervened and broke up the commotion.

Both women were hauled up to the university’s security department, where an officer questioned them on the altercation before learning that the duo were arguing over a personal matter.

Sources said after the officer was done speaking to the two women, the acid attack occurred when the victim was splashed with a corrosive fluid reportedly by her friend.

It is learnt that the victim was rushed to the HUSM emergency room and remained warded at the hospital for her injuries.

The university’s security personnel later took the alleged attacker to a nearby police station before handing her over for investigation and lodging a police report.

Kelantan police chief Comm Datuk Muhamad Zaki Harun said a remand order was obtained to detain the suspect to facilitate investigations.

“The victim and her attacker are friends.

“The fight was over some personal issues.

“The suspect remains in police custody. Investigations are ongoing,” he told The Star.
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KOTA BARU: A 22-year-old student suffered severe injuries after being splashed with acid, allegedly by her friend, at a medical university in Kubang Kerian here.