The woman lawyer slashed by two men in her office here on Tuesday died of her injuries in the Strand Specialist Hospital in Sungai Petani Thursday. N. Silvamani, 49, died at 11.50am without regaining consciousness after falling into a coma since the brutal assault, said her husband R. Balabeda, 57, who is also a lawyer. He said the body of his wife was taken back to their home in Kampung Tunku Putra here for their relatives and friends to pay their last respects.Silvamani was attacked with parangs by two men who wore crash helmets about noon in the office of her legal firm on the ground floor of Aked Seri Harmoni in Jalan Asaad. She was slashed on the head and both arms. Her office assistant S. Shanmugam, 79, was also injured on the head and hands and was in stable condition in Kulim Hospital.
Selvamani worked as an interpreter in the magistrate's court in Kulim for nearly 10 years before going to the United Kingdom to take up law.
Kulim district police chief Supt Abdul Majid Hashim said police had received a positive lead on the two killers and were now investigating the case as murder.
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