IPOH: Six men were today remanded into custody for five days over a clash here between two gangs that resulted in severe injuries, including a severed hand.
The fight near the Sultan Azlan Shah Health Ministry Training Institute yesterday was believed to be over control of drug territory, police said.
Magistrate Adilah Mokhtar granted the remand order against the suspects, who are aged between 23 and 37.
Yesterday, firemen battling a blaze near Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta, Tanjung Rambutan, here found a human hand, severed at the wrist, on the roadside.
Police later said three men were ambushed by 20 people, who were wearing masks and armed with clubs and machetes.
District police chief Assistant Commissioner Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said the three, aged between 26 and 30, sustained severe injuries in the incident at 11am.
One man's left hand was nearly hacked off. Another man's left hand was severed at the wrist, and the third victim suffered injuries to his left palm.
All three received treatment at Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital here.