Jun 1, 2010
Man stabbed at Selegie Rd
<!-- by line --> <!-- end by line --> IN THE wake of a spate of slashings at Kallang over the weekend, another man was fatally stabbed yesterday evening at PoMo, along Selegie Road.
Mr Sitoh Woon Chee, 59, was leaving for home after work at about 6.45pm when he was knifed to death. He was a part-time employee of Singapore Pools, whose job was to announce lottery results. Mr Sitoh's wife, visibly distraught and helped by a group of people, arrived at the scene at about 9pm.
She was later taken into the Pools office, accompanied by a group of relatives. A company spokesman said <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_1" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" leohighlights_keywords="the%20police" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dthe%2520police%26domain%3Dwww.singsupplies.com" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dthe%2520police%26domain%3Dwww.singsupplies.com" leohighlights_underline="true">the police</leo_highlight> were notified shortly after the incident. The Straits Times understands that the attacker had tried to escape but was eventually caught by <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 50%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_2" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_2')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_2')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_2')" leohighlights_keywords="the%20police" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dthe%2520police%26domain%3Dwww.singsupplies.com" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dthe%2520police%26domain%3Dwww.singsupplies.com" leohighlights_underline="true">the police</leo_highlight>. Police are still investigating the case. It is also not clear if the incident is related to the slashings at Kallang, which left one dead and three injured.
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</td></tr> <tr><td class="msgtxt">http://www.transitioning.org/2010/05/31/one-dead-3-slashed-in-knife-attacks/Unsafe Singapore: One dead, 3 slashed in knife attacks
Police officers removing the body of the dead man from the field yesterday. He had been slashed on the head, arms and upper body. Earlier, police had responded to three other attacks not far from where the man’s body was found. — ST PHOTO: BRYAN VAN DER BEEK
May 31, 2010
One dead, 3 slashed in knife attacks
Body found in Kallang; another victim loses some fingers
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By Teh Joo Lin
A MAN was murdered and a teenager had a few of his fingers hacked off in multiple violent attacks that took place in the Kallang area early yesterday morning.
The four incidents – clustered within a 2km-wide zone – were reported to <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 50%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_0" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" leohighlights_keywords="the%20police" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dthe%2520police%26domain%3Dforums.delphiforums.com" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dthe%2520police%26domain%3Dforums.delphiforums.com" leohighlights_underline="true">the police</leo_highlight> over a span of seven hours from midnight yesterday. In all the cases, the victims were slashed.
At 7.30am, the body of a man with visible knife wounds to his upper body was found lying in an open field next to a condominium near Kallang MRT station.
Police have yet to determine the identity of the dead man.
In the other three attacks, the victims’ ages ranged between 17 and 44.
It is not known yet whether the four cases are connected. Police spokesman Yvonne Edwin told The Straits Times that they are investigating and ‘have not ruled out any of the possibilities’.
At press time, <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 50%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_1" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" leohighlights_keywords="the%20police" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dthe%2520police%26domain%3Dforums.delphiforums.com" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dthe%2520police%26domain%3Dforums.delphiforums.com" leohighlights_underline="true">the police</leo_highlight> had yet to arrest anyone for any of the four attacks.
Security guards at The Riverine By The Park condominium were alerted to the body of the murdered man by a passer-by. When they approached the field, they saw the body of the slain man in the knee-high grass.
He had been slashed on the head, arms and upper body.
One of the guards, Ms M. Malathy, 34, said: ‘His mouth and his eyes were open… there was blood.’
No identification documents were found on the man, who was wearing a grey shirt, black pants and black shoes.
Neither the guards nor the foreign workers staying on a worksite behind the field – which was about the size of three tennis courts – heard any commotion during the night.
No worker was missing from the worksite, added the site’s safety supervisor P.Vellaiscamy, 41.
Police officers cordoned off the scene and scoured the field for evidence and weapons. Sniffer dogs were also used.
A group of foreign workers crowded near the cordon, eager to learn the identity of the victim. One of them explained that his friend had gone missing for three days, but declined to say more.
Earlier yesterday morning, police had responded to three other attacks within walking distance of where the dead man’s body was found.
At about 12.15am, a 24-year-old man was slashed at Block44 Sims Drive. He suffered multiple cuts to his body, mostly to his head and left arm.
A resident at the block told The Straits Times that the slashing had taken place at the playground at the foot of the block. Blood stains could still be seen yesterday afternoon, when officers returned to make further inquiries among residents.
A 32-year-old resident on the fifth-floor said that he saw a man, whose head was dripping blood, run up the stairs to the fifth floor before taking the lift down again.
Barely 30 minutes after the 12.15 attack, a 44-year-old man was slashed on the hands and head – this time at Kallang MRT station.
At about 7am, police and paramedics responded to another call along the Pan-Island Expressway, near the Sims Avenue exit. There, they found a 17-year-old boy with multiple fractures and a few of his fingers hacked off.
All three are being treated in hospital.
Witnesses to the attacks should call <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 50%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_2" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_2')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_2')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_2')" leohighlights_keywords="the%20police" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dthe%2520police%26domain%3Dforums.delphiforums.com" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dthe%2520police%26domain%3Dforums.delphiforums.com" leohighlights_underline="true">the police</leo_highlight> on 1800-255-0000.
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