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Knife Wielding Attackers At
Yayasan Land Housewife In Hospital
By Ignatius Stephen
Bandar Seri
Begawan – A housewife suffered a nasty gash above her eye in a
terrifying ordeal when two knife-wielding men attacked her in the
Brunei capital yesterday evening.
The sudden assault took place as she
was trying to reach her parked car at Yayasan Shopping Complex
basement season parking area at about 4.30 pm.
That section of the season parking
area is further away from the main basement shopping and a number of
office girls working in the capital leave their cars there.
Previously there have been reports
that strangers have approached women who were trying to collect their
cars. But there have been no reported incidents till now.
The access to this parking lot is
through a system of stairs from the main road across the Taman Sultan
Omar Ali Saifuddin along Jalan Pretty.
Apparently the assailants were after
the handbag she was carrying and they reportedly fled when someone
spotted the incident and as the victim screamed.
Members of the public came to her
help and the police was called. The Yayasan security was also alerted
but the attackers escaped.
The woman was taken to RIPAS Hospital
suffering from shock and a deep cut above her eye. She is out of
danger, hospital said.
Eyewitnesses said, “There was blood
everywhere , which the Yayasan janitors quickly cleaned up.”
Yayasan
is charging $90 a month for season parking.
Customers have urged increased
security in the area considering the remoteness of that part of the
basement and as a number of office girls using the space.
As an additional precaution women
have been advised not to go alone when collecting their cars
especially at night.
Additional lights in this particular
area are also recommended.
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