AN Indian administration clerk in Ipoh, Perak, lost her thaali (wedding chain) and came close to losing her fingers when she was attacked by robbers in the preschool she works in, Tamil dailies reported. When one of them put the knife on Rojamalar’s neck, she instinctively held her left hand up to fend off the knife and suffered deep cuts. > A man in Tamil Nadu, India, killed his three children and took his own life following an argument with his wife, Tamil dailies reported. The man then mixed poison with some soft drinks and fed it to his three daughters, aged eight, six and three. Found in translation is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies).

Source: thestar August 21, 2016 22:07 UTC