2011 Muar kindergarten hostage crisis

The 2011 Muar kindergarten hostage crisis took place in Muar, Johor, Malaysia on 7 July 2011. About 30 kindergarten children and four teachers of the Serikids Kindergarten in Sungai Abong were held hostages by the hammer-wielding man Lau Hui Chung, 40. All 30 kindergarten children and four teachers were saved and the suspect Lau Hui Chung was injured in his head and was taken to the Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital and later he died.