KUANTAN, MALAYSIA - Furious that his stepfather was pressing the car horn repeatedly, a 31-year-old man attacked him and his wife with a motorcycle helmet, hammer and stool in Taman Cenderawasih, Bukit Setongkol on Tuesday.

In the 1.30pm incident, the man also threatened to kill his parents forcing them to seek help from their daughter who took them to a neighbour's house for shelter.

The drama unfolded when the couple who had just returned home spotted a neighbour's car parked in front of their house gate.

The 84-year-old victim was forced to press the car horn to alert the neighbour who arrived minutes later to remove his vehicle.

However, when the couple reached their house porch and were about to alight from the vehicle, the suspect came out of the house and hurled abusive words at his parents.

He reacted aggressively by throwing a safety helmet at the victim which narrowly missed him. Not satisfied, the suspect went into the house and returned with a hammer and stool.

State Criminal Investigation Department spokesman Assistant Superintendent Noor Asyikin Shamsuri said the couple ran towards a neighbour's house before their daughter who had just arrived home at the time of the incident lodged a police report.

She said a police team nabbed the suspect and initial investigations revealed that he had five previous convictions for drug offences and molest. -NST