SINGAPORE: A final year engineering student at the Nanyang
Technological University (NTU) jumped from a campus block after
stabbing a professor Monday morning.
The professor was in his office at the engineering faculty when the
student stabbed him in the back with a knife, leaving him
injured.
After stabbing, the male student, who was in his 20s, slit his
wrists and jumped off a five-storey high building.
Police say they received a call about the incident at 10.35am, and
arrived to find the student dead at the bottom of the engineering
block.
Eyewitnesses had also told Channel NewsAsia that a person had been
stabbed, and that a student, believed to be an Indonesian-Chinese
had slit his wrists before jumping off a building.
An NTU spokesman later confirmed that a final year student from the
School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering was involved in
the stabbing.
It however did not name the two people involved, and only said that
their next-of-kin had been notified.
The incident is believed to involve Professor Chan Kap Luk, who was
left with injuries on his back and arm and was sent to the National
University Hospital for treatment.
The professor who has been with NTU's School of Electrical and
Electronic Engineering, since June 1992 is said to be in a stable
condition.
Professor Chan, a Singaporean in his 40s and Deputy Director of the
Biomedical Engineering Research Centre at NTU, is said to have been
the supervisor of the student in a project.
NTU's president, Su Guaning, pledged to help the families of the
professor and student and has mobilised its counselling
professionals to help.
The University president also said the matter will be investigated
thoroughly.
"The university is deeply shocked and saddened by what has
happened… The university community will rally together at this
difficult time and do our utmost to help the student's family, the
professor and his family, and those traumatised by the
incident."
- 938LIVE/CNA/sf
