Video shows teenagers cornering boy, one holds knife to his neck and slaps him
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Five teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of rioting after a viral video showed one of them holding a knife to a boy’s neck.
The video circulating online, including in Complaint Singapore on Facebook, showed the young victim cornered against a wall by some other boys.
They appeared to be near a construction site, as indicated by a sign typically found at such locations.
Source: Complaint Singapore on Facebook
Teenager whips out flip knife and holds it to boy’s neck
One of the boys can be heard off-camera urging another boy not to take out his knife and to “relax”.
However, the boy whips out a blade anyway and tells the victim that he is going to put the knife to his throat.
Source: Complaint Singapore on Facebook
He then points the knife at the victim’s neck after demanding that he “tell the truth”. Another boy is heard again advising the aggressor to relax.
Source: Complaint Singapore on Facebook
Teenager puts down knife but slaps victim
After a tense moment, where the victim repeatedly replies that he is telling the truth, the teenager puts his knife down.
But he then lets out a vulgarity and slaps the victim hard on his face.
Source: Complaint Singapore on Facebook
He subsequently asks him whether he wants them to take turns to “whack” him.
The victim is then given the choice of getting beaten or stripping naked.
He chooses the latter and starts stripping down to his underwear before the video cuts off.
However, a longer version of the video continues to show the naked boy being forced to do squats.
5 teenagers arrested for suspected rioting
In response to queries from MS News, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) confirmed that it had received reports of the incident, which occurred on 6 July.
On 10 July, five male teenagers aged from 12 to 15 were arrested for their suspected involvement in a case of rioting.
Two of the five teenagers — aged 13 and 15 — were charged in court on 16 July with the offence of voluntarily causing hurt with common intention.
The 15-year-old was separately slapped with one more charge of carrying an offensive weapon in a public place.
The remaining three teenagers are still under investigation by the police.
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Featured image adapted from Complaint Singapore on Facebook.
