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SINGAPORE, March 24 - A leak of an unknown gas in a Singapore
shopping centre on Monday sent 18 people to hospital complaining of
breathing difficulties, a government official said.
The official declined to comment on whether the leak at Golden
Landmark Shopping Complex in central Singapore was deliberate or an
accident, with investigations still going on.
"Investigations showed a small quantity of unknown gas that was
released on the first storey of the building somewhere near the
exterior of a staircase," N. Subhas, director of public affairs for
the Singapore Civil Defence Force, told Reuters.
"We conducted checks and there are no more traces of the gas
found in the building, the situation is under control," he
said.
The injured, including an infant, were sent to Singapore General
Hospital and Tan Tock Seng Hospital for treatment. The hospitals
could not be reached for comment.
Singapore has tightened its security in recent weeks after the
escape last month of the alleged Singapore leader of an Islamic
militant group from the toilet of a detention centre.
