Singapore boy arrested over axe murder of schoolmate
Published on: Monday, July 19, 2021
By: FMT
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A police team at a corridor of River Valley High School, Singapore, after the murder of a 13-year-old schoolboy today. (AFP pic)
PETALING JAYA: Singapore police have arrested a 16-year-old schoolboy of River Valley High School for suspected murder of a fellow student and have seized an axe as evidence.
The Secondary Four pupil will be remanded for psychiatric assessment and be charged on Tuesday with murder, police said.
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The victim, a 13-year-old Secondary One pupil, was found with multiple stab wounds in the school’s toilet at about 11:40am, according to The Straits Times newspaper.
He was pronounced dead at the scene by a paramedic.
Police said the two students did not know each other, according to preliminary investigations.
A lockdown of the school was reportedly put in place this morning and teachers and pupils were ordered to remain in their classrooms.
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They were released only after 3pm, a media report said.
A parent, Jacky Huang, 43, said he rushed to the school after receiving a message from his daughter that there was someone wielding an axe in the school.
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