Nigerian student mobbed to death over alleged attempt to rape lady in Elevator

Malaysia's newspaper, Malaymail online, reported that an international student of Nigerian descent was mobbed by residents of the service apartment after the victim raised an alarm.

The Nigerian student was allegrled to have attempted to rape a lady in a service apartment on September 23rd.
The police was called in, and they took the Nigerian student who had sustained injuries on the right side of his head, and had scratch marks on his legs and hand. He later died at the police station.

"We received a call from the security manager of the apartment who informed us of the incident. When police arrived at 8.20 pm, the suspect was surrounded by 20 to 30 people and his hands were tied. The victim put up a fight and screamed for help as the lift door opened and several men who were in the area caught the suspect. The suspect was then taken to the police station at 8.45 pm. He was fine and he even walked into the station accompanied by policemen. However, we found him unconscious when one of the officers checked on him. A medical officer examined the suspect and pronounced him dead,” ACP Azmi Abu Kassim, a Malaysian police chief said.

According to the police, a post-mortem is being carried out on the deceased. Meanwhile the Nigerian Embassy in Malaysia has not confirmed or reacted to the incident.