KUALA LUMPUR: A man who savagely assaulted and robbed a 48-year-old woman in an elevator at the Taman Mutiara Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on Thursday was arrested late yesterday in Taman Cheras here.
The 26-year-old suspect who was traced to a house was nabbed by a police team from the city serious crimes unit (D9) at 8.10pm.
Kuala Lumpur police chief Commissioner Datuk Seri Mazlan Lazim said last night that the suspect will be remanded today for further investigations.
It is learnt that police also recovered several stolen items but are yet to disclose if it belonged to the victim at press time.
Earlier yesterday, Mazlan said police learnt that the man had also held up a convenience store not far from the MRT station about 15 minutes before he attacked the woman.
He said police managed to trace the suspect’s identity from images of the man that was captured in a close-circuit security camera (CCTV) installed in the lift and the convenience store.
On Thursday, the victim was trailed into an elevator at the station by the suspect who punched and kicked her soon after the doors closed.
The injured woman fell to the ground and the suspect wrestled her handbag, assaulting her further before fleeing with a purse he took from her handbag.
The victim who lost her MyKad, bank cards and RM400 suffered injuries to her head and body and received outpatient treatment at a hospital.
A footage of the attack made its rounds in the social media soon after the incident, leaving netizens outraged by the brutal manner the robber had set upon the victim.
