Man to be charged with allegedly injuring 2 in Prinsep Street knife incident
A 24-year-old man was arrested on Sunday (Oct 25) after he allegedly injured two persons with a knife at Prinsep Street. Police said on Monday that they were alerted to the incident at about 7.50am on Sunday.Officers who responded to the call for assistance found a 36-year-old male victim with cuts across the back of his head, left forearm, and the side of his left wrist. He was taken conscious to hospital.Meanwhile, another 25-year-old male victim also sustained a cut to his left forearm.Police said their preliminary investigations found that the 24-year-old man had allegedly injured both victims with a knife before fleeing the scene.He was identified and arrested on the same day by officers from Central Police Division, Tanglin Police Division, Police Operations Command Centre and the Criminal Investigation Department through extensive ground enquiries and with the aid of images from police cameras and closed-circuit television (CCTV).He will be charged in court on Tuesday with the offence of voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapon.