SIBU, Nov. 8 -- Police have detained nine individuals aged between 16 and 42 to assist in investigations into the murder of a 19-year-old who is believed to have been stabbed during a fight at a public park in Jalan Gambir here early yesterday.

Sibu district police chief ACP Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said all suspects were rounded up at several locations around Sibu between 10am and 4pm today following intelligence gathering and investigations by the Sibu District Police Headquarters Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

He said police received a report at about 2 am regarding a brawl where the complainant was assaulted by a group of people.

"During the incident, a young man was believed to have been stabbed with a sharp weapo...