Form 6 student nabbed for murder of her friend

 

Terengganu CID chief Mohd Marzukhi Mohd Mokhtar (centre) during investigations into the death of Siti Nur Surya Ismail, 19, in Telemong yesterday. (Bernama pic)

KUALA BERANG: A Form Six schoolgirl has been arrested in connection with the murder of a 19-year-old woman in Kampung Lubuk Batu, Telemong, yesterday.

Hulu Terengganu district police chief Mohd Adli Mat Daud said the suspect was a schoolmate of the victim up to Form Five. She was detained at 8.15am today when she turned up for questioning at Telemong police station. She was accompanied by her mother.

Mohd Adli said a video recording showing the suspect near the victim’s house had gone viral since last night after the body of Siti Nur Surya Ismail was found in her house by her 15-year-old sister at 2.30pm. Siti Nur Surya suffered slash wounds and had her left hand severed.

Adli said the suspect gave doubtful answers during questioning and had injuries like bite marks on her hands, believed sustained during a struggle.

“Belongings reported missing from the victim’s house were recovered from the suspect’s house during follow-up investigations,” he said. “The suspect’s house is only two kilometres from the victim’s,” he said.

He said the suspect had visited Siti Nur Surya at 9am yesterday and a fight was believed to have broken out due to a misunderstanding.

Police are still looking for a vegetable knife believed to have been used in the incident.

Among the valuables recovered from the suspect’s house are a handphone, cash and beauty kits belonging to the victim, he said.

The suspect will be taken to Marang magistrate’s court tomorrow for remand application.

Siti Nur Surya’s brother Mohd Zarif Amir, 29, said his mother Zaini Musa, 55, who is suffering from brain cancer, had yet to be told of her death. - FMT