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Boon Lay Knife Assault Leaves Man Injured, FairPrice Shuts Store To Help Him

Knife Attack At Boon Lay FairPrice Leaves Man Injured, Police Investigating Case

Update (8 Oct, 12.04am): Police told MS News that they’ve arrested a 18-year-old in relation to the case. We’ve updated the statement within the article accordingly.

Warning: Footage and pictures in this article might be disturbing to some.

Although Singapore is a generally safe country, there’s been a surprising number of violent incidents in public recently.

The latest incident involves an attack in a Boon Lay supermarket today (7 Oct), leaving a man injured and bleeding profusely.

Staff at the scene lowered the shutters upon learning of the attack and tended to the man.

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In response to queries from MS News, the police said that they’re currently investigating the case.

This is their statement in full:

“On 7 October 2020 at 12.40pm, the Police were alerted to a case of voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapon at 221 Boon Lay Place. A 23-year-old man was attacked by another man with a knife. The 23-year-old man suffered injuries to his face and head and was conscious when conveyed to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. A 18-year-old man was arrested in relation to the case. Police investigations are ongoing.”

 

Man attacked in Boon Lay

Social media posts on Wednesday (7 Oct) reported that an attack involving a knife had transpired in NTUC FairPrice at Boon Lay Shopping Centre.

A 23-year-old man lay bleeding profusely following the attack.

Pictures depict a man covered in blood being attended to by a few people, at least 1 of whom was wearing a FairPrice uniform.

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Apparently, he suffered injuries to his face and head.

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The man was sent to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital conscious, according to the police.

18-year-old arrested on 7 Oct

At nearly midnight, police confirmed to MS News that they arrested a 18-year-old man in connection with the case.

Incidents like this have no place in Singapore, and kudos to the staff for rendering first-aid to the man, and to the police for tracking the person down.

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