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Woman Killed in Yishun Block Stabbing as Police Arrest 67-Year-Old

Preliminary findings point to a neighbour noise dispute that escalated into a fight on the sixth-floor corridor.

Overview

  • The Singapore Civil Defence Force received a call at about 7.25am to Block 323 Yishun Central, and three people were taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.
  • The victim, a 31-year-old Vietnamese woman, was found injured in the corridor, taken unconscious to hospital, and later died.
  • Two men, aged 33 and 67, were also hospitalised, and police arrested the older man on suspicion of murder as investigations continue.
  • Reporters observed a cordoned scene with bloodstains near the lift, and The Straits Times noted a knife and personal items on the floor as officers secured the area.
  • Police say early inquiries indicate a noise-related dispute between neighbours, with residents describing years of tensions and an eyewitness recounting a man wielding a kitchen knife.