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Police arrest knife-wielding man who held cleaner hostage in Yishun


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SINGAPORE – A 42-year-old man was arrested on Monday morning after taking a 60-year-old woman hostage in Yishun.

The police said they responded to a call for assistance at 7:35am along Yishun Ring Road.

A man had allegedly held a woman at knifepoint, and a knife was seized as a case exhibit.

In a video shared on Facebook, the man can be seen at the void deck of Block 108 Yishun Ring Road holding a knife to the woman’s neck as police officers tried to calm him down.

Officers continued negotiating with the man, who then took the woman to the nearby hawker centre at Block 110.

Officers believed to be from the Singapore Police Force’s Emergency Response Team then arrived at the scene, armed with bulletproof vests and submachine guns.

The officers rushed towards the man, pinning him to the ground. A bystander can be seen helping out.

The woman sustained minor injuries, but refused to be taken to the hospital, said the police.

Based on preliminary investigations, the man and woman do not know each other.

Police investigations are ongoing.

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Huh.... clear serious criminal case with injury can refuse to go hospital?

The police report how to describe injuries in court  without doctor examination?

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Crime like this will only occur more often it the cost of living keeps spiraling upwards coupled with severe over crowding of this island and govt doesnt step in more pro actively to reduce the wide income gap.

People left behind will resort to crime to survive when desperate.

 

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Yishun indeed is blessed town, diam diam got happenings wan 🤣...

Ok joke aside, i'm glad that makcik is unharmed n only suffered minor injuries.

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24 minutes ago, Playtime said:

Huh.... clear serious criminal case with injury can refuse to go hospital?

The police report how to describe injuries in court  without doctor examination?

Victim refused further treatment in medical facility

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33 minutes ago, Confusedboi said:

Crime like this will only occur more often it the cost of living keeps spiraling upwards coupled with severe over crowding of this island and govt doesnt step in more pro actively to reduce the wide income gap.

People left behind will resort to crime to survive when desperate.

 

Er.... I din read that it's a robbery. Is there another article that mentioned the motive or it was a guess? 

My guess cos it's Yishun is he's either on substance abuse, unsound mind or hearing voices or all of these. 😅

Probably best to wait for police's investigation to understand. 

Yada-ing. 

Stay safe 

Cheers 

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50 minutes ago, Confusedboi said:

Crime like this will only occur more often it the cost of living keeps spiraling upwards coupled with severe over crowding of this island and govt doesnt step in more pro actively to reduce the wide income gap.

People left behind will resort to crime to survive when desperate.

 

I do agree with you.

i hope SPF will be more proactive and preventive rather than reactive. 

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11 minutes ago, Mustank said:

Should put Woodbridge jail police station fire station in Yishun 

Aiyoh! thats why Kak 'alimah move to Mount Batten 

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20 minutes ago, Mustank said:

Should put Woodbridge jail police station fire station in Yishun 

Funeral parlour, cemetery and crematorium also.

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11 minutes ago, BanCoe said:

Aiyoh! thats why Kak 'alimah move to Mount Batten 

It is because she moved out that all the problems crop up. She should have stayed to contain it.

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