KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 – A small explosion is heard near the fountain at KL City Hall headquarters. Medical personnel later escort a suspect caught near the car park of the Swiss Hotel to the nearest police station. A scuffle ensued at the Dataran Merdeka area after an individual apparently threw firecrackers at Bersih 4 protesters here, injuring four.
“The man who threw the firecrackers were dressed in a black T-shirt and yellow headband, threw it at some protesters resting at a car park. While the man tried to throw another but was foiled by other protesters. He was identified and immediately cornered by protesters,” said a protester who witnessed the incident.
“The police arrived to calm the situation, and the man was given some medical attention. The medical team treated him and he was arrested and brought away,” he said. In the same time, there were four protesters are injured with also given immediate medical attention.
“The injuries were not so severe. There were some bad burns but nothing more,” said medical officer, Yap. The crowd dispersed as the organisers urged to go back home after the rally ended due to there were another explosion was heard after the Negaraku was sung but things remained under control.
