Woman murdered in Tampines flat, 80-year-old man arrested: police
A 54-year-old woman was murdered in her Tampines flat on Thursday morning, and police have arrested a man, 80, in connection with the case.
According to a police spokesman, the woman was found lying motionless in her flat around 10:18 am in the morning and was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
Yahoo! Singapore understands that she was found in her bedroom covered in blood, and that the elderly man arrested is her father-in-law.
According to The Straits Times, officers combed through rubbish chutes at about 2pm and retrieved a one-meter long metal rod, a purple handkerchief and a grey t-shirt appeared to be stained with blood.
Police have classified the case as murder, and investigations are ongoing.
