KUALA
LUMPUR: A self-proclaimed “Imam Mahadi” (Last Messiah) who was shot
dead by the police when he went on a rampage with a samurai sword
outside Complex B of the Prime Minister’s Department yesterday, suffered
from mental illness.
His woman accomplice in the incident, who was also armed with a
samurai sword and butcher’s knife, suffered from similar mental
disorder, said city police today.
The police shot and injured the 28-year-old woman in the right leg.
She was a former student of the International Islamic University
Malaysia.