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Suspected stabbing at
Raffles Green; two sent to hospital
SINGAPORE: Part of Raffles Green in the Central Business
District was cordoned off with crime scene tape on Friday afternoon
(Nov 14). Police were at the scene, and a trail of blood as well as
a knife were seen within the police cordon.
Blood was spotted at Raffles
Green in the CBD, which has been cordoned off by police. Witnesses
say a man was stabbed by an attacker who grabbed a bag from him,
but the assailant was detained by bystanders.
A lighter, handphone and crumpled red shirt were also lying near
the trail of blood. About five police vehicles were at the scene.
SCDF received a call at 1.07pm and despatched two ambulances to the
scene. Two people - one of whom appeared in photos to have been
held detained by members of the public - were later conveyed to the
Singapore General Hospital, SCDF said.
A man who seen talking to
police told Channel NewsAsia the skirmish happened at 1.03pm near
the Raffles Place MRT station exit. He saw a man following another
man "very closely", before he heard a moan. It was then, that the
victim realised he was stabbed, he said. The victim shouted, and
the attacker grabbed a sling bag off him and ran towards UOB Plaza.
The victim gave chase and they got into a scuffle, but the fight
was broken up when the attacker was pinned down by two bystanders.
Police arrived on scene within two minutes of the man being pinned
down.
KPMG auditor Mohamed Nazir Abdul Rahiman - who helped to detain
one of the men involved in the stabbing - told Channel NewsAsia
that the man that he detained tried to struggle, but was quite weak
and was possibly injured. He also said that the victim was bleeding
from his ears, his shoulder and his abdomen, and that a group of
ladies nearby tried to stop his bleeding.
Another witness, Rahul Shah
sent in pictures of the aftermath.
Three eyewitnesses,
18-year-olds Zaakir, Navin and Rajesh, told Channel NewsAsia they
were giving out flyers at about 1pm on Friday (Nov 14) when they
heard a cry. They then saw a man bleeding from the stomach giving
chase to another man who the trio said they thought had stabbed
him, with what looked like a small kitchen knife.
Another eyewitness, who
identified himself as Mark, said: "I saw two men running, one
giving chase to another, before getting into a tussle near the
traffic light. A short scuffle ensued, before the crowd helped to
break it up.
"The whole thing lasted 10
minutes. One man was pinned down, the other man bleeding quite
badly. Both seemed injured."