SUBANG JAYA, MALAYSIA: Six masked men brutally attacked a car repossessor in Taman Sri Serdang yesterday, slashing him to death and chopping off his right arm.

B. Nantajkumar, 28, died at the scene in Jalan 18/61, but police, who scoured the area, could not find his severed arm.

Police believe that it had been taken away by his attackers for unknown reasons.

In the 10.15am incident, Nantajkumar and a colleague were in a Perodua Kelisa, when two Proton Waja cars blocked their way.

Six men wearing ski masks alighted from the vehicles and smashed the windows of the Kelisa.

They dragged Nantajkumar out of his car and began slashing him repeatedly.

His colleague, however, managed to flee the scene and hid in a nearby drain.

District police chief Assistant Commissioner Zainal Rashid Abu Bakar said checks revealed that the two Proton Waja cars had false registration plates.

He said police were still investigating the motive for the attack.

Nantajkumar's body was sent to the Serdang Hospital for a post-mortem.