KUCHING: A mentally-disturbed man was left with both arms and legs broken after he was set upon by an angry mob for attacking a coffee shop patron in Poh Kwong Park with a screwdriver yesterday.
The incident took place around 9am, when the 58-year-old man, who is known to suffer from mental illness, approached a customer while he was having breakfast with his family and attacked him without warning.
The unprovoked assault drew the ire of other patrons at the shop, who pounced on the deranged man and beat him up before calling for an ambulance.
He was taken to the Sarawak General Hospital and admitted after checks revealed that all four of his limbs were fractured.
The 59-year-old coffee shop patron, who sustained a gash above his eye as well as cut on his back due to the screwdriver, sought outpatient treatment at the same hospital.