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SCDF retrieves deceased person from water at Clarke Quay, police spotted around blue tent

Deceased person retrieved from water at Clarke Quay on 1 Dec

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) retrieved a deceased person from the waters at Clarke Quay.

In response to an MS News query, the SCDF stated that they received a call for water assistance at around 7.10am on 1 Dec. The incident occurred near 6 Eu Tong Sen Street.

“Upon SCDF’s arrival, a body was seen floating in the water,” the SCDF said.

SCDF rescuers retrieved the body from the Singapore River, where a paramedic pronounced them dead at the scene.

Photos on the Facebook group Complaint Singapore showed police officers standing at Boat Quay, outside Clarke Quay Central shopping mall.

Source: Wilson Ng on Facebook

They gathered around a blue police tent presumably covering the deceased’s body.

Another photo by the OP showed a line of five police cars parked nearby.

Source: Wilson Ng on Facebook

MS News has reached out to both the police and the OP of the Facebook post for more information.

Also read: Man dies after being found floating in Kallang River, PMA at riverbank taken away by police

 

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Featured image adapted from Wilson Ng on Facebook.

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