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Police arrest two men after weapon attack at Boon Lay Drive

Screenshot of two men carrying long-bladed weapons in a car park in Singapore. Police said they have launched a manhunt operation after two men had injured two other men at Boon Lay Drive. (PHOTO: Facebook/Screenshot)
Screenshot of two men carrying long-bladed weapons in a car park in Singapore. Police said they have launched a manhunt operation after two men had injured two other men at Boon Lay Drive. (PHOTO: Facebook/Screenshot)

UPDATE: Police have arrested two men for their suspected involvement in the attack.

SINGAPORE — Police mounted a manhunt operation and arrested two men, aged 20 and 21, for their suspected involvement in injuring two other men with weapons in an altercation at Boon Lay Drive on Wednesday (6 April).

Police had told Yahoo News Singapore on Thursday morning that they had received a call for assistance at Block 175 Boon Lay Drive at about 5.02pm on Wednesday.

"Two men had injured two other men, aged 22 and 23, with weapons. The victims were conscious when taken to hospital," police said.

"Preliminary investigations revealed that the duo involved are known to the two victims. A manhunt operation is underway to track down the two men involved."

A video was circulated on Facebook showing two men wielding long-bladed weapons at a car park. A female voice was heard shouting that she had called the police, and the two men were seen running away from the scene with their weapons.

At 7.05pm on Thursday, the police posted on their Facebook page that they had arrested the two men for suspected involvement in "voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons with common intention".

"Through extensive ground enquiries and with the aid of images from Police cameras and CCTVs, officers from Jurong Division and Criminal Investigation Department established the identities of the two men and arrested them on 7 April at about 4.05pm at Woodlands Street 12," the police said in the Facebook post.

Investigations are ongoing. The offence of voluntarily causing grievous hurt carries a life-imprisonment jail term, or imprisonment for a term of up to 15 years, and shall also be liable to a fine or caning.

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