Five suspects in attack on couple arrested

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SIBU: The police here believe they have solved an assault case in just three days after five suspects in the violent crime were arrested.

In the incident which happened shortly after midnight on Sunday, a male victim suffered a fractured right arm and slipped into a coma after he was allegedly beaten by the five men with iron rods.

He also suffered multiple injuries. The 34-year-old victim was with his wife at Wong King Huo Road when the mass attack occurred. His wife was not harmed.

The victim’s father, 62, lodged a police report shortly after the attack. Police have arrested all the five alleged attackers.

Four of them, aged between 23 and 44, were arrested within 24 hours while the fifth surrendered at the Central Police Station on Wednesday night.