Published: Monday November 9, 2009 MYT 7:00:00 PM
Man stabs wife to death for divorcing him
By EMBUN MAJID
ALOR SETAR: An elderly man stabbed his wife of one year to death after failing to persuade her to stay married to him.
"If we cannot be together, then we should die together,” the 80-year-old man was heard saying to his 73-year-old wife before taking out a knife from his sarong and stabbing her in Kampung Kuala Sungai in Kubang Rotan here.
The incident occurred at about 1pm Monday when the man was about to leave the house after spending an hour persuading his wife to remain married to him.
The woman was sitting on a chair outside the front door while her 30-year-old son was sitting nearby.
The husband suddenly took out the knife from the folds of his sarong and stabbed her in the stomach.
It is learnt that she ran when her husband tried to attack her again. Her son managed to grab the 17.7cm-long knife from him.
The husband tried to escape but was caught by villagers and handed over to the police.
The woman died on the spot.
The woman's uncle said the couple got married last year but was living separately since two months ago after she asked the man to divorce her.
He said their case was pending at the Syariah Court.
“The man is staying in Kuala Kedah and he came to my niece’s house on Sunday to persuade her to remain married to him.
“I do not know the details of their marital problem but my niece has been married several times before," the uncle said.
A neighbour, who declined to be named, said the victim, a mother of four, had been staying at the house for over 30 years.
He described her as a pleasant woman.
“There was no commotion. So I was shocked when I saw her lying on the ground outside her house with her baju kurung soaked in blood," he said.
Kota Setar OCPD Asst Comm Abdul Ghafar Rajab said the case was being investigated for murder.
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