A dance almost turned deadly on Wednesday when three assailants attacked a man in Kampong Chhnang’s Rolea Ba’ier district.

Police said the man, 22, was watching his friends dance when three men approached with cleavers and hacked him in the head.

The victim was hospitalised and the men fled the scene, but police said they already know the identities of two of the attackers and suspect revenge as a motive. NOKORWAT