Originally posted by wuming78:
[b]Youth stabbed to death in busy mall
Terrified shoppers scream and flee the scene as a young man attacks
a shop assistant; suspect is apprehended
By Ben Nadarajan
SHOPPERS at a busy mall in Bukit Batok Central fled in terror
yesterday when a young man strode into a sports shop, whipped out a
knife and stabbed a shop assistant repeatedly in the chest.
While the shop's customers ran out, the attacker walked
casually away. He paced outside the shop for a while, muttering
angrily all the time, then went back into the shop. This time, he
slashed the throat of the assistant, who by then was on
his knees between stacks of shoe boxes.
Three security guards and an off-duty Volunteer Special
Constabulary officer, who heard the screams of shoppers, rushed to
the scene.
They pulled the metal shutters of the shop down to stop the suspect
from fleeing. They asked the youth to drop the knife and subdued
him until the police arrived.
The tall and slim 18-year-old suspect did not struggle and was led
off, hands cuffed behind his back, by Criminal Investigation
Department officers. Mr Kelvin Yang, 17, was pronounced dead on the
spot by paramedics.
Police spokesman Stanley Norbert said police recovered a kitchen
knife with a 16cm-long blade in the shop, SportsLink. It is
believed that Mr Yang knew his attacker, although it is not clear
yet what the motive for the attack was.
Three other staff members in the shop at the time were not
hurt.
An hour after the incident, which attracted flocks of curious
onlookers, Mr Yang's distraught girlfriend arrived to identify her
boyfriend's body.
A shop assistant at a nearby apparel shop said the suspect
had been loitering around the area on Friday. Ms Sammi
Xiang said he came into her shop a few times. But he seemed
distracted and appeared to be looking out for
someone.
Almost six hours after the incident yesterday, police removed the
cordon and hordes of curious bystanders rushed to peer into the
glass windows of SportsLink, where staff were busy scrubbing away
the bloodstains.
An assistant at neighbouring shop Aussino said she locked the glass
doors to her shop when two SportsLink customers ran in.
'I was afraid he was a madman and would come into our shop to
attack us as well,' she said.
When The Sunday Times visited Mr Yang's HDB flat in Serangoon
Avenue 4, his mother was sobbing and declined to be interviewed. A
relative said he was an outgoing and active person and was to
enlist for national service in a few months' time. His elder
brother is a regular in the army.
--ST
from wat was described they prob haf some bad blood... for one
reason or another.
and i haf this feeling tt someone they are related or involved with
gangs. [/b]
stab so many times liao still slash throat ah???
wah.... confirm wan him dead 
