GEORGE TOWN: The family of a father and daughter killed in a stabbing incident at an apartment in Bandar Baru Farlim, Air Itam, on Friday night claimed their bodies for burial.

The remains of Siti Zulaila, 30, and her father Zulkifli Ibrahim, 62, were removed from Penang Hospital’s Forensic Medicine Department after the post-mortem was completed at 7.20pm.

Zamri Ibrahim, 46, said the remains of his older brother and niece were brought to Tuan Guru Mosque in Tanjung Tokong for final rites before being laid in a single grave at Tanjong Muslim Cemetery Tokong, after the Isyak prayer.

Dozens of family members and friends of the victims, including Siti Zuhaila’s three children aged between 18 months and 10 years, had been waiting outside the Department of Forensic Medicine since 9am.

The victims were found dead at the scene along with the 32-year-old suspect who was injured. – Bernama