Over 10 police officers were gathered outside Kim Sam Leng Eating House at around 10 am. ST PHOTOS: BRIAN TEO
Officers from the Singapore Police Force investigating the crime scene outside Mustafa Centre carpark, on Sept 22. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO
Slippers left strewn on a trail from Kim Sam Leng Eating House to the alley behind nearby Sam Leong Street Chicken Rice restaurant. Both establishments were closed. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO
A brawl near Kim Sam Leng Eating House along Verdun Road on Sept 22 left one man dead and another injured. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO
Bloodstains were also splattered on the pavement outside Novotel Hotel. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO
SINGAPORE - A 25-year-old man died after an early-morning brawl broke out near Kim Sam Leng Eating House along Verdun Road on Sept 22.
Police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force said they received calls for assistance at Verdun Road at 4.05am on the same day.
Two men, aged 24 and 25, were taken unconscious to Tan Tock Seng hospital, where the 25-year-old subsequently died.
Police investigations are ongoing, added police.
By 9am on the same day, a large police cordon stretching from Novotel Hotel at Kitchener Road to the perimeter of Mustafa Centre and Sam Leong Road had been set up.
Evidence cards were placed by slippers left strewn on a trail from Kim Sam Leng Eating House to the alley behind nearby Sam Leong Street Chicken Rice restaurant. Both establishments were closed.
Bloodstains were also splattered on the pavement outside Novotel Hotel.
Over 10 police officers were gathered outside Kim Sam Leng Eating House at around 10 am, and at least one police officer stood guard at each section of the larger cordoned area.
This is a developing story.
- Additional reporting by Grace Leong.