Yishun hostage

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Knife-wielding man arrested after holding woman hostage at Yishun ... (CNA)

SINGAPORE: A 42-year-old man was arrested on Monday morning (Jan 9) after holding a woman at knifepoint along Yishun Ring Road. The police said they ...

While police officers had turned up at the coffee shop before, this was the first time an incident like this happened in her years working there, she said. The man had a cigarette in his mouth and was pulling the woman along. The woman supposedly told him to stop this but he went closer and held the knife at her neck, before they went to the coffee shop.

Man armed with knife arrested after taking cleaner hostage in Yishun (The Straits Times)

The woman sustained minor injuries but refused to be taken to the hospital, said the police. Read more at straitstimes.com.

“Next thing we knew, we heard someone shouting there was a robbery and people gathered to see what was happening. The police said they responded to a call for assistance at 7.35am in Yishun Ring Road. A bystander is seen helping out.

Man, 42, arrested at Yishun Ring Road after taking woman, 60 ... (Mothership.sg)

Officers armed with submachine guns and wearing bulletproof vests were at the scene.

The man then took the woman to the hawker centre at Block 110. He could be seen holding what appeared to be a knife to the woman’s neck. The police said in a statement that they responded to a call for assistance at 7:36am.

Singapore man holding woman hostage at knifepoint in Yishun ... (Coconuts Singapore)

The armed man was disarmed by at least five police officers just outside a coffeeshop at Yishun Ring Road at around 7:30am today. The woman, who police ...

The woman, who had an umbrella with her, appeared to look calm. Police came to attend to the staff who turned out to be the nuisance instead. Videos circulating online showed the man with both hands around the masked woman’s neck being surrounded by police officers who were trying to disarm the situation.

Man Holds Woman Hostage With Knife In Yishun & Gets Arrested By ... (Must Share News)

Police officers attempted to negotiate with him before eventually restraining him. They have placed him under arrest, and an investigation into the incident is ...

Based on preliminary investigations, neither the man nor the victim knew each other. A 42-year-old man had taken a 60-year-old woman hostage with a knife. A man had allegedly held a woman hostage with a knife and was later arrested by police officers. Police arrest man for threatening woman with knife in Yishun Police Arrest Man For Holding Woman Hostage With Knife In Yishun Ring Road On Monday (9 Jan), a man held a woman hostage with a knife in Yishun, holding it to her neck and dragging her to a nearby hawker centre.

Man With Knife Followed Victim Before Holding Her Hostage In ... (Must Share News)

The man who held a woman in Yishun hostage with a knife allegedly waited for her before launching his attack.

MS News spoke with witnesses to the incident, who described the woman as a regular at the coffee shop. According to him, the hostage situation began at around 6.10am. Mr Suppiah pointed out that he did not recognise the man. “Everything happened very fast,” she said, referring to the assault. [Man Holds Woman Hostage With Knife In Yishun & Gets Arrested By Police, Investigations Ongoing] Police officers eventually managed to restrain him, placing him under arrest.