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A man was found dead in a stabbing and fire incident at 4 Marsiling Road.
The incident occurred at about 5pm today (Jan 26).
Two others, a man and a woman, were injured.
Eyewitnesses said the attacker, known as Gemuk to residents, had earlier slashed a 62-year-old man, Mr Abdul Majid Maarof, on the third storey with a parang, leaving him seriously injured.
The attacker then turned to a woman who tried to intervene and slashed her as well.
One resident told The New Paper: "Blood was splattered everywhere."
The victim then ran and hid in a neighbour's unit on the second storey. Residents called the police and ambulance.
The injured man and woman have been taken to the hospital.
The man with the parang was later found dead in a unit on the eighth storey, which was on fire.
Singapore Civil Defence Force had to force their way into the unit, and the fire was extinguished with a water jet. The cause of the fire is still being investigated.
Man found dead after attacking neighbour with parang and setting his own flat on fire
Published on Jan 26, 2015 8:47 PM
Investigators working at a block in Marsiling where a man allegedly attacked two neighbours with a parang on Monday evening, before returning to his own flat and setting it on fire. -- ST PHOTO: MELODY ZACCHEUS
By Melody Zaccheus
SINGAPORE - A man allegedly attacked two neighbours with a parang on Monday evening, before returning to his own flat and setting it on fire.
He was later found dead by Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) paramedics who had to force their way into his unit on the eighth floor of a housing block at 4 Marsiling Road.
The man who died in his flat had slashed his neighbour, a 63-year-old cleaner named Majid, and another 60-year-old female neighbour who tried to intervene.
Majid was apparently repairing his bicycle outside his third-storey rental flat when the man set upon him with a parang. It is unclear what sparked the assault.
"He was saying he was in great pain. His daughter was crying out for help in Malay... that's when I went over to help," said resident Madam Jainah Awang, 65.
After the attack, Majid ran down to the second storey to seek refuge in the flat of an elderly resident.
He locked her out in the commotion and instructed the elderly woman's daughter, Sue, who was in the unit, to call the police.
Sue, who is her early 30s, had been visiting her mother with her two sons aged one and five. She said: "There was blood all over him... His wounds looked very serious. I was scared for my mother... and scared to be trapped inside with him because we didn't know what was happening," she said.
Both Majid and the other neighbour who tried to intervene are now at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in Yishun.
The hospital said that Majid sustained multiple slash wounds and will be undergoing an operation. His condition is stable.
Meanwhile, the second victim sustained minor cuts on her chin and palm. The hospital has placed her under observation.
The police, describing the incident as a "dispute", said they received a call for assistance at about 5pm. They also seized two knives from the scene.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the fire at 5.20pm.
Paramedics found the man lying motionless on the floor after entering the flat, and pronounced him dead at about 6pm.
The fire mostly took place in the living room and SCDF officers extinguished it with a water jet.
Marsiling Road slashing victim a friendly, gentle man, say family members
Published on Jan 27, 2015 8:38 PM
Mr Abdul Majid Maarof, the 62-year-old victim of the Marsiling Road attack, with his sisters-in-law Nora (in white) and Lisa (left), and grandson Syafiq (right), at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital on Jan 27, 2015. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
By Danson Cheong
SINGAPORE - Family members of the man slashed by a neighbour outside his home told The Straits Times they were surprised he was attacked because he is "friendly and gentle".
Mr Abdul Majid Maarof, 62, was cut with a chopper on Monday evening as he tended to his bicycle outside his Marsiling Road flat.
His sister-in-law, Madam Lisa Saidi, 45, said she was shocked when she heard of the incident, adding: "Majid likes to joke, and he's usually very quiet unless you talk to him."
When The Straits Times visited Mr Majid at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital on Tuesday afternoon, he looked tired but was otherwise able to talk and move his hands and feet, which were swaddled in bandages following an operation in the morning. He had sustained injuries to both of his arms, legs and face.
He declined to speak to the media.
It is not known what sparked the attack, but neighbours told reporters the two men did not get along.
Mr Majid's attacker, who was known by his nickname "Gemuk" (Malay for fat) to neighbours, fled back to his unit, locked himself inside and set the flat on fire.
He was later found dead by Singapore Civil Defence Force personnel when they broke into his one-room flat to put out the blaze.
