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The search continues for two people linked to a disturbance case in an apartment block in Chinatown on Sunday, after police arrested nine more suspects, eight men and one woman, on Tuesday.
The nine suspects, aged 18 to 28, were caught after a three-day police chase by agents of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the Police Intelligence Department and the Central Police Division.
Police had previously arrested three people at the scene of the riots on Sunday.
A police spokesman told The Straits Times on Tuesday that preliminary investigations found that two groups of men, one armed with paragons, had clashed after a dispute over a woman.
They are also being investigated for being members of an illegal society and rioting with deadly weapons.
A video of the early morning fight, which was captured on CCTV, shows the two groups fighting along a corridor on level 16 of the People’s Park Center apartment block on Upper Cross Street.
The one-minute footage was widely shared on social media and in WhatsApp group chats.
Police, alerted at around 3.30 a.m., arrested three people at the scene, including Muhammad Shazryl Hykel, 19, who was injured and transferred to Singapore General Hospital.
His mother told ST on Monday that he was injured in his arms, legs, abdomen and face, but that he was stable.
“I was unable to speak to him because he was sedated and bandaged. Most of his injuries were cutting wounds,” added Madam Samantha, who declined to give his full name.
A post-fight photograph circulating on WhatsApp group chats shows a stunned Mr. Hykel sitting next to a pool of blood.
He was previously seen on CCTV footage with some friends at level 16 before they were attacked by gunmen.
Collapsed
Two of his friends fled when Mr. Hykel and another friend were kicked, beaten, and beaten with motorcycle helmets. Mr. Hykel was also cut by at least three men wielding parangs until he collapsed.
The attackers fled, and one of them dragged a woman with them.
Mrs. Samantha described her son as a “calm and respectful boy” who lived with his girlfriend.
“I don’t know about his activities,” he said. “We won’t know what happened until he wakes up.”
Police are requesting information on the whereabouts of two suspects linked to the incident.
They are: Muhammad Syukri Muhammad Iskandar and Muhammad Ilham Noordin.
Anyone with information can call the CID hotline at 6435-0000.
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