Bukit Bintang bomb blast, one died

Fourteen people injured in early morning blast at Sun Complex.

KUALA LUMPUR - One of the victims involved in the bombing incident at Bukit Bintang died at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL).

The hospital’s emergency and trauma department head Dr Abu Hassan Asaari Abdullah said: “A victim who was in critical condition has passed away, we are still in the midst of obtaining more information on the victims here.

According to police sources, car jockey Tiong Kwang Yie died in the incident.

“We will provide the updated information as soon as we obtain confirmation,” he said.

Earlier today certain sections of Bukit Bintang was under heavy police surveillance after a bomb blast at a nightclub early this morning injured 14 people. Late this morning a third bomb was found at an undisclosed location.

The bomb went off at approximately 4.30am and CID deputy chief ACP Khairi Ahrasa confirmed the incident.

Several cars at the scene of the incident were also damaged from the bomb blast at the Sun Complex.

Police have recovered the second bomb which did not explode under one of the damaged cars. A third bomb has been found in an undisclosed location. It is unclear what type of bomb was used in the incident.

All the victims have been sent to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital and the nearby Tung Shin Hospital for treatment.

Police believe that the gangster element was involved in the bomb blast .

Deputy Home MinIster Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar told Parliament that the bomb blasts which occurred in Bukit Buntang is being investigated but did not rule out the possibility of revenge as a result of a disagreement with a manager at the club located at the ground floor of the Sun Complex.

“The matter is being investigated by the police and we are still uncertain whether the culprits were locals or foreigners,” he said.