Crowd disarms knife-wielding woman at Malaysia water festival

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A woman was arrested after being tackled by the crowd while carrying a knife at a water festival in Kuala Lumpur.

A woman carrying a knife has been arrested after being tackled by the crowd during the Rain Rave Water Music Festival in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday night. In a viral video, a man can be seen attempting to disarm the woman. Several others from the crowd, along with security personnel, then joined in to restrain her until the police arrived. She was seen being arrested shortly after. Kuala Lumpur police chief Fadil Marsus reportedly confirmed the arrest of the 28-year-old woman for possession of a...

Topics covered

• crowd safety
• public events
• crime prevention
• community response
• law enforcement

Keywords

• knife attack
• crowd intervention
• Malaysia
• Kuala Lumpur
• water festival
• arrest
• security

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

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