There was an unusual peak hour crawl in Jalan Bangsar this morning ( Nov 19). The standstill traffic was due to road closure in the road from KL sentral direction towards Jalan Bangsar.
Reason being? a dead body with stabbed wound was found in the middle of the road.
The City Hall (DBKL) via its traffic information Twitter account @ITIS_TRAFIK informed road users of the closure at 7.20am today. Where traffic cam image showing a dead body covered in white cloth in the middle of the road.
According to The Star, the victim in his 30s, with no identification documents was lying in the middle of Jalan Bangsar and his body was discovered at 5.38am. The body has been sent to Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) for a post-mortem.
Police believe the victim was murdered, however, motive behind the attack is not known yet and they are in the midst tracking down the victim’s next of kin. Further investigations are still ongoing.