Malaysian fireman injured in Seafield temple riot dies
KUALA LUMPUR — Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim died on Monday (Dec 17) evening from injuries sustained when he was attacked in a riot at the Seafield Sri Maha Mariamman temple last month.
Muhammad Adib passed away around 9.41pm, about three weeks after being hospitalised over his injuries during the Seafield temple rioting.
KUALA LUMPUR — Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim died on Monday (Dec 17) evening from injuries sustained when he was attacked in a riot at the Seafield Sri Maha Mariamman temple last month.
Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin said the 24-year-old fire and rescue personnel died at 9.41pm at Institut Jantung Negara (IJN).
Adib was reported to have been set upon by rioters, who dragged him out of an emergency services vehicle arriving at the temple in USJ25, Subang Jaya, in the pre-dawn hours of November 27.
He was taken to the hospital by strangers.
The two fire and rescue vehicles deployed to the scene had also come under attack and had retreated to the Subang Jaya fire station.
Fire and Rescue Department director-general Mohamad Hamdan Wahid later said Adib’s colleagues did not realise he was missing until they returned to the station.
In the past week, the firefighter’s condition was reported to be improving. He had been taken off life support and was able to nod his head, said IJN. THE MALAYSIAN INSIGHT
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