In action: A police forensics team checking the car which was left with a dent on its bonnet in Pandan Indah, Kuala Lumpur.
KUALA LUMPUR: A waiter was killed after a package that was left on his car exploded.
The incident, which police have classified as murder, occurred late Thursday outside the 28-year-old victim’s workplace in Pandan Indah here.
He was inspecting a package that was left on his car when the explosion occurred at around 8.55pm.
“When he went to inspect the package, an explosion occurred. We believed that it was from the package.
“The victim sustained severe injuries to his body and hands,” Ampang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Mohamad Farouk Eshak said in a statement yesterday.
The victim succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
At the scene yesterday morning, large splatters of blood could be seen on the road as police cordoned off the area near the restaurant as the forensics team look for clues.
There was also a large dent on the car’s bonnet.
Family members of the victim were seen at Hospital Ampang at around 2.30pm. However, they refused to comment after leaving the hospital mortuary at around 3.30pm, avoiding reporters there.
A post-mortem was carried out on the victim at 2.30pm yesterday.
