Man arrested for murder after woman dies following knife attack in Yishun

A woman has died following a violent attack over a noise dispute between neighbours in Yishun Central on the morning of Sept 24.

- Nadine Chua David Sun Crime Correspondent Zaihan Mohamed Yusof Senior Correspondent

She and her husband were among three people taken to hospital. The couple had serious injuries.

The third person taken to hospital was the alleged attacker, who has been arrested for murder.

Apolice spokesman said preliminary investigations found the fight arose from a noise dispute.

The alleged assailant, a 66-year-oldman, is said to have used a knife to injure the couple.

The woman, a 30-year-old Vietnamese, was taken unconscious to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH), where she died.

Her husband, 33, and the alleged assailant were conscious when taken to KTPH.

A spokesman for the Singapore Civil Defence Force said it received a call for help at Block 323 Yishun Central at about 7.25am on Sept 24.

When The Straits Times arrived at around 8.50am, there were drops of blood on the ground floor, near the lift.

On the sixth floor, there were bloodstains at the lift lobby, and inside the lifts.

Aknife, a watch, a mobile phone, aset of car keys anda slipper lay on the bloodstained floor.

The entire sixth level was cordoned off, with at least eight police officers present.

A resident, who wanted to be known only as Mr Koh, 69, said there was a dispute between aman and a couple who were his neighbours.

He said: “At around 7am, I heard screams and a commotion, so I went to level six to see what happened. I saw a woman lying unconscious near the lift. She had wounds all over her body and was completely drenched in blood.”

Mr Koh, a business owner, added: “Her husband was trying to fight off a man who was holding a knife. The husband was yelling, ‘Anyone knows CPR? Please help my wife!.”