The Sri Lankan student attacked by Malaysian gangsters, died on Sunday at the Surdan Hospital in Suban, 40 kilometers from the capital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian news channels said yesterday.

Sri Skandarajah, a student of Kingston University, Malaysia was rushed to the Surdan Hospital in a critical condition after being attacked by Malaysian gangsters targeting Indian students three days ago.

According to Petalang Jaya based news reports, the gangsters had mistaken Skandarajah and other Sri Lankan students to be Indians and assaulted them. Skandarajah’s friend had escaped without injuries.

A story appeared on Online Star news site said: "Sarankan Srikandarajah from Sri Lanka was having lunch at 3.45pm on Wednesday in Taman Tasik Semenyih, just a two-minute drive from Nottingham University in Kajang where he studied, when 10 men in three cars pulled up and attacked three students.

A witness said the assailants hacked and slashed the victims.

"It was horrible and everyone was stunned as they attacked my friends for almost two minutes before leaving without saying a word," the witness, who requested to remain anonymous, said.

Sarankan, a final-year student, suffered multiple slash wounds, losing part of his heels and fingers as he tried to kick away the parang.

He died at the Subang Jaya Medical Centre at 7am Sunday.

A few minutes after the attack on Wednesday, another student of the same university was attacked two kilometres away when the same assailants blocked his car and began slashing him.

"They rammed my car to a stop in the middle of the road. One of them opened my door and began slashing me until one of his gang members said in Tamil: ‘He is not the person’.

"He stopped attacking me and got back in his car and drove off," the victim, who also requested anonymity, said.

He suffered cuts on his thigh, hand and leg and needed 48 stitches.