Man arrested for slashing another with Swiss Army knife at Geylang shopping centre
A man was arrested for slashing another at a Geylang shopping centre on Aug 18.
The police received a call for assistance at about 9.20am from the victim, who reported that he was slashed with a knife at 810 Geylang Road, the address for City Plaza.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect purportedly got into a dispute with the victim and used a Swiss Army knife to attack the victim.
Through follow-up investigations and with the aid of images from CCTV cameras, officers from Bedok Police Division established the identity of the 30-year-old suspect and arrested him within six hours of the incident.
The man will be charged in court on Aug 20 with voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons, which carries an imprisonment term of up to seven years, a fine, caning or with any combination of such punishments.
