'Supernatural force' led father to slit daughter's throat

[Carol]

KOTA KINABALU - The father who slit the throat of his three-year-old daughter last Thursday may have been driven by some supernatural force due to a talisman kept by one of the family members.

This was what the family of the 27-year-old father told police over the chilling incident. The tragedy occurred at the family home in Kg Pogunon in Penampang, about 16km from here.

It was reported that the suspect had been playing with his daughter before putting her to bed that night. Three hours later, he allegedly slit her throat with a chopper and went to attack his wife, whose screams alerted other family members who managed to disarm him. The suspect then headed to the kitchen where he took a knife and slit his own throat.

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