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http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/body-found-in-singapore-river-second-such-incident-in-four-days

 

Body found in Singapore River; second such incident in four days

 

 

 

SINGAPORE - A body was found in the Singapore River early Monday (Apr 17) morning in the second such incident in a matter of days.

The police were alerted to the discovery near Clarke Quay at 3.41am.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force said officers retrieved the body of a Chinese woman in her 50s. She was pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene.

It had sent one ambulance, two fire bikes, a red rhino and a fire engine to the scene.

According to Chinese evening newspaper Lianhe Wanbao, the woman did not have any identification documents on her. The paper described the short haired woman as being clad in trousers and a striped top.

Wanbao said a group of three friends who were in Clarke Quay discovered the body motionless in the water and called the police.

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The police are investigating the unnatural death.

This is the second incident in the Singapore River in four days.

Last Thursday morning, the body of a man in his 60s was found in the Singapore River and brought to shore near Esplanade Park. It is understood that a cleaner working at the river found the body.

The man was declared dead by paramedics at the scene.

 

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Two floating bodies in a day.

Dunno what is said is true. Higher suicide rate during festive period.

 

 

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/body-of-man-in-his-20s-found-floating-in-kallang-river

 

 

SINGAPORE - A man's body was found floating in the Kallang River on Tuesday afternoon (Nov 6).

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said that it responded to a call for assistance at 3.35pm and later retrieved the body of the man, who was in his 20s. He was declared dead at the scene by a paramedic.

The police said they were alerted to the case of unnatural death at 3.33pm and that investigations are ongoing.

When The Straits Times reached the scene, it was cordoned off by police officers, and a boat was spotted in the river, searching for the body.

At around 5.25pm, several SCDF officers were seen retrieving a man's body.

This is the second case in a day that a body was found in the water. Earlier in the day, another man's body was found floating in a canal near Eu Tong Sen Street.

He was pronounced dead on the scene by paramedics.