Overview
- A 25-year-old man has been charged with murdering a 29-year-old man after the victim's neck was slashed with a chopper during a late-night attack in the Tuas industrial area.
- Emergency services found the victim motionless on the road and a paramedic pronounced him dead at the scene following a call for help shortly after the incident.
- Officers arrested the accused within four hours of the attack and formal charging papers were filed in the State Courts.
- Police say preliminary inquiries indicate the victim and the accused knew each other and investigators are likely to pursue forensic tests, witness statements and motive as part of the probe.
- The accused is due back in court in September and faces a murder charge that, if proven, carries the possibility of the death penalty under Singapore law.