The Church of Visitation in Seremban where two nuns were attacked 6 days ago. One of the nuns has succumbed to her injuries. - May 20, 2014.Sister Julianna Lim died at the Seremban hospital this afternoon, six days after she and another nun were attacked with helmets outside the Church of the Visitation in the Negri Sembilan state capital.
The 68-year-old nun was walking with another nun, Sister Marie-Rose Teng, to the church for morning prayers when they were assaulted in an apparent robbery.
Lim was in a coma following the attack while 80-year-old Sister Marie-Rose was discharged from the Seremban hospital after being treated for bruises.
According to Seremban police, Lim succumbed to her injuries at 3.25pm.
In the incident which happened just before the 6.30am mass last Wednesday, Lim and Teng were attacked by a lone man.
The assailant, wearing a full-screen crash helmet and carrying a lighted torch, ran after the two nuns who were dressed in ordinary clothes.
The assailant was then seen running towards his motorcycle and fleeing the scene.
The two nuns were found lying on the ground when the church main doors were opened for the morning mass.
On Sunday, Parit Buntar PAS MP Datuk Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa who had visited Lim in hospital said he had spoken with the Health Ministry about sending a neurologist to Seremban to explain her situation to her family.
On Friday, the Church of the Visitation had released a statement detailing the events that transpired where it mentioned that based on their closed-circuit television camera recording, at 6.05am, a passing motorcyclist on seeing the potential victims, made a U-turn and rode into Gate 2 after the nuns had driven into the church ground.
The assailant was believed to have grabbed the bags carried by the nuns which contained a Bible, prayer book, rosary and a small amount of cash.
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