A Malaysian couple have been beaten to death by four close family members in a ritual apparently intended to help one of them stop smoking, police have said.
They reportedly smashed the husband and wife's heads on a table, and beat them with broomsticks and motorbike helmets at a house in Kuala Lumpur.
The couple's 14-year-old daughter was also injured and taken to hospital.
One of the couple's sons and three other relatives remain in custody. Four others have been released, police said.
Ku Chin Wah, the head of the police crime investigation department in the capital, said the attack had taken place when Mohamed Ibrahim Kader Mydin, 47, and his wife, Rosina Mydin Pillay, 41, visited their family on Thursday.
Mohamed Ibrahim was seeking help to stop his smoking habit, while his wife was suffering from asthma and a liver ailment, Mr Ku said.
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