70-year-old man stabbed in forehead as Toa Payoh neighbourly dispute escalates into fight
A dispute between neighbours in Toa Payoh escalated to full-on fisticuffs, culminating in one man being sent to hospital and the other getting arrested.
The incident occurred at about 3pm last Saturday (16 Nov) in Block 34 Lorong 5 Toa Payoh, reported Shin Min Daily News.
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A Shin Min reader alerted the paper that several police vehicles were seen outside the block, arousing curiosity and concern from the public.
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Toa Payoh resident says neighbour spat on him
One of the men involved in the fracas was a 70-year-old resident named only as Mr Pan (transliterated from Mandarin).
He told Shin Min that he and his wife had gone to his sister-in-law’s flat on the same floor to pick up some things.
However, his sister-in-law’s neighbour allegedly spat at him from inside his unit and spewed vulgarities in an apparent attempt to provoke him.
Mr Pan and the man had had a feud due to a previous dispute when the 70-year-old defended a cleaner who was scolded by the other man for taking out the trash while he was eating.
Elderly man stabbed in forehead during Toa Payoh fight
Thus, when the man spat at Mr Pan, he angrily challenged him to “one-on-one combat”.
Unexpectedly, the other party replied: “Go home and get your knife!”
He then rushed out of his flat and allegedly attacked him with a 30cm-long strip made of hard plastic, he said.
Seeing the two uncles struggling, Mr Pan’s nephew tried to break up the fight by pulling them apart.
But in the chaos, Mr Pan was stabbed in his forehead with the plastic strip.
His family then called the police.
Elderly man suffers wound above eyebrow
After being taken to hospital, doctors found a 4cm-long wound above Mr Pan’s eyebrow, which required stitches.
His forehead is now bandaged up, according to Shin Min’s observations.
He said he would have to return to the hospital this week to remove his stitches.
70-year-old man was sent to Tan Tock Seng Hospital
In response to queries from MS News, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said it received a call for assistance from the location at about 3.30pm last Saturday.
A 70-year-old man was conveyed to the hospital in a conscious state.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), which was alerted at 3.35pm, told MS News that it conveyed him to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
60-year-old man arrested over Toa Payoh fight
Another man, aged 60, has been arrested for voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous means, SPF said.
The 70-year-old injured man and a third man, aged 55, are assisting with investigations for voluntarily causing hurt.
Additionally, both the 70-year-old man and 60-year-old man are assisting with investigations for intentional harassment.
Investigations by the police are ongoing.
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Featured image adapted from Shin Min Daily News.
