KOTA BARU, June 21 — A suspected drug addict severed the ankle of an elderly woman after she refused to give him money near Pasir Mas on Sunday.

Neighbours, who heard the 89-year-old’s cries, apprehended the teenage suspect fleeing from the scene.

Police said Mek Som Mat Diah was taken to hospital but surgeons failed to reattach the limb.

Pasir Mas police chief ACP Ibrahim Saad confirmed that the victim’s ankle was severed in the attack.

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