Body of person missing off East Coast beach found
The body of a person who was missing in the waters off East Coast Park on Monday (8 May) has been found.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force said on its Facebook page that it was alerted to the incident around 12:25pm. Around 3 hours later at 3:33pm, the SCDF said the body was found by its DART rescuers.
According to a report from The New Paper (TNP), the person is believed to be a secondary school student.
About six lower secondary school boys wearing Jurongville Secondary School’s uniform were spotted in the cordoned off area, the report said.
An eyewitness, 47-year-old Silvia Hajas, told TNP that she had seen four boys struggling about 50 meters away from the shore, and had pulled three of them out of the water with the help of a man.
By the time they rescued the third boy, the fourth boy had disappeared.
