21-year-old injured in scuffle

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SIBU: A 21-year-old man almost lost his right ear in a fight at the living quarters of a shipyard in Sungai Bidut here about 11pm Monday.

Policemen escort the men to a police vehicle.

A paramedic attends to the injured 71-year-old woman.

The man and his two friends, who were already intoxicated, came to the quarters to look
for his relatives. One of them was said to have brought along a machete.

They made noise and kicked on the doors of the living quarters. About 10 men who lived there came out of their rooms and a scuffle ensued.

The man’s right ear was injured during the scuffle while his two friends suffered minor injuries on the face and body.

An ambulance was summoned to the scene to take the injured men to hospital.

Meanwhile, policemen went to the shipyard yesterday morning and detained 10 men to assist in their investigation.

Meanwhile, a 71-year-old woman injured her left ankle after she fell from her bicycle at Brooke Drive about 9am yesterday.

A neighbour saw the woman sitting by the roadside and contacted the woman’s son who immediately came and sent her to Sibu Hospital.