LABUAN: A man ran amok with a parang and slashed his wife and son here this afternoon.
The man, believed to have become agitated over marital problems, ran amok near the Labuan Correctional Centre for about three hours from 3pm.
The suspect, who is a Labuan Correctional Centre staff, also injured himself by slashing his neck.
He was also seen arguing with a number of people believed to be his workmates who tried to calm him down.
A Bernama reporter, who was at the scene, witnessed the suspect putting the machete on his stomach and threatening to commit suicide.
The injured wife who was injured in the shoulder was taken out from the nearby bushes to an ambulance and sent to the Labuan Hospital while the son who sustained minor injuries on his hands was also taken to the same hospital.
A group of policeman from the Bebuloh Police Station and Labuan District Police Station led by Labuan police chief Supt. Mohamad Farid Ahmad and CID chief DSP Boniface Anak Bajai arrived at the scene a short while later and tried to calm him down but he only became more aggressive.
However, he later finally agreed to drive his own car to the police station to surrender which he did at 6pm.
Ambulances from Labuan Nucleus Hospital and Fire and Rescue Department were also called in to assist. --Bernama