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IPOH (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Deepavali will not be the same for D. Mathialagan after he lost his nephew in a freak knife accident on the eve of the celebration.
The seven-year-old boy died after his cousin accidentally stabbed him in the chest at the latter’s home in Sitiawan on Friday (November 13) around 10.10pm.
“He was close to me and my family. As we are also neighbors, he came to my house every day to play with his cousins.
“I remember how excited he was to celebrate Deepavali. He chose his own clothes and asked me to dye his hair,” Mathialagan said when meeting at the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital morgue here on Sunday.
“He even told me that he wanted to play with firecrackers after dinner. It won’t be the same without him.”
Mathialagan said the incident occurred when the victim directly collided with her 11-year-old cousin, who was holding a knife.
“His cousin had wanted to use the knife to cut a rope outside the house.
“My nephew was running from his house to his cousin’s house next door.
“Suddenly, there was blood everywhere. I ran up to my nephew, hugged him and called him by name several times, but there was no response,” he said.
Mathialagan said he didn’t know what to do until his neighbors arrived and urged him to send the boy to hospital.
“His mother, who is my sister, cried throughout the trip and that is something I will never forget,” he said.
The 39-year-old father of the victim, who was also in the morgue, was inconsolable.
The remains have been claimed and are expected to be cremated in Sitiawan on Monday.
Manjung Police Chief Deputy Commissioner Nor Omar Sappi said the incident was under investigation.
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