SEREMBAN: A man was injured when he was accidentally stabbed during a scuffle with a friend in an incident at Taman Dusun Setia here Tuesday (Jan 11).

       Seremban OCPD Asst Comm Nanda Maarof said the incident occurred at about 8.30pm Tuesday when the victim, identified as Mohd Shahrizad Abu Kaseh, 30, went to a friend’s house to collect his debt.

       He said the 28-year-old friend was said to have borrowed some money from the victim last week and had promised to pay the debt after getting his salary.

       However, when the victim went to collect his debt, a verbal exchange broke out between the two.

       The altercation led to a scuffle and the friend, who was holding a sharp object, accidentally stabbed the victim in his right chest, ACP Nanda said Wednesday (Jan 12).

       He added that Shahrizad was sent to Hospital Tuanku Ja'afar Seremban (HTJS) for treatment, while his friend fled after the incident.

       The police are now looking for the friend, he added. - Bernama