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But the young man who hacked away at four cars with an axe on Monday was an uncanny picture of calm as he went on his destructive spree.
Clad in a grey T-shirt and bermudas, the bespectacled man, who looked to be in his 20s, even turned back each time he swung his axe at the cars, as if to check if he was being watched.
He was - by a group of mourners at a wake held at the block next to the carpark.
The group later tailed the man and pinned him to the ground while they waited for the police to arrive.
By then, the man had damaged four cars at the open-air carpark at Block 44, Sims Drive. The incident happened around 1.45pm.
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Not scared, not angry
Ms Susan Wee, an administrator, told The New Paper: "He was very bold doing this in broad daylight. He didn't look scared or angry or the suspicious-looking type at all."
Ms Wee and her family were holding a wake for their late mother at the void deck of the block.
Ms Wee said she was chatting with her friends when she heard loud sounds.
"It sounded like the sound of a basketball bouncing on the ground," she said.
When she stood up to take a look, she saw a man coolly swinging an axe at a car.
"We were looking at him and wondering what he was doing. I even thought it was his own car."
"Then he went on to the next car, and that's when I realised that something was wrong."
Ms Wee told her sister, who was sitting at another table with her colleagues from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), about the man.
"I told them, I think the guy's a bit of a crackpot," she said.
Her sister's SCDF colleagues sprang into action.
Operations officer Mohamed Faizal Latiff, 30, said: "We saw him taking swings at the cars at random."
"He was holding an axe, but it somehow disappeared from his hand (the last time he swung it)."
It turned out that the man had dropped the axe into the back seat of the fourth car - a Mercedes-Benz E200.
Mr Mohamed Faizal said the axe looked to be about 30cm long, with a blade of about 10cm.
The man then crossed the road next to the carpark. Mr Mohamed Faizal and his three colleagues followed him.
"We stayed about 10m from him. He went into a hardware shop and bought a hammer. We then called the police," he said.
The man was muttering to himself in what sounded like a Chinese dialect as he was walking.
His bermudas were also slipping down his hips, revealing the top of his beige underwear. He had a fanny pack around his waist.
Armed with the hammer, the man returned to the same carpark where he had smashed the cars.
Mr Mohamed Faizal and his colleagues said: "We discussed how we could sneak up behind him and grab the hammer from him."
And this was exactly what they did.
Mr Mohamed Faizal snatched the hammer from the man while one of his colleagues held him down.
The man did not struggle and continued muttering to himself.
The police arrived shortly after.
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Arrested
When contacted, a police spokesman said: "A 28-year-old Chinese man was arrested in connection with a case whereby there was damage caused to four vehicles parked at the open carpark near Block 44, Sims Drive."
Investigations are ongoing.
The New Paper understands that the man, believed to be of unsound mind, lives a few blocks away from the carpark.
But witnesses who saw the man being taken away by the police said they did not recognise him.
The trail of destruction he left behind drew a small crowd of curious gawkers, and the dismayed owners of the smashed cars.
Apart from the Mercedes-Benz, the other cars damaged were a Mitsubishi Lancer, a Toyota Vios and a Toyota Altis.
The Mercedes-Benz had two dents on the bonnet, three large spiderweb-like cracks on the front windscreen and a large hole in the left rear window.
Its owner, housewife Jolynn Tan, 38, bought the car three years ago.
This article was first published in The New Paper.
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But the young man who hacked away at four cars with an axe on Monday was an uncanny picture of calm as he went on his destructive spree.
Clad in a grey T-shirt and bermudas, the bespectacled man, who looked to be in his 20s, even turned back each time he swung his axe at the cars, as if to check if he was being watched.
He was - by a group of mourners at a wake held at the block next to the carpark.
The group later tailed the man and pinned him to the ground while they waited for the police to arrive.
By then, the man had damaged four cars at the open-air carpark at Block 44, Sims Drive. The incident happened around 1.45pm.
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Not scared, not angry
Ms Susan Wee, an administrator, told The New Paper: "He was very bold doing this in broad daylight. He didn't look scared or angry or the suspicious-looking type at all."
Ms Wee and her family were holding a wake for their late mother at the void deck of the block.
Ms Wee said she was chatting with her friends when she heard loud sounds.
"It sounded like the sound of a basketball bouncing on the ground," she said.
When she stood up to take a look, she saw a man coolly swinging an axe at a car.
"We were looking at him and wondering what he was doing. I even thought it was his own car."
"Then he went on to the next car, and that's when I realised that something was wrong."
Ms Wee told her sister, who was sitting at another table with her colleagues from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), about the man.
"I told them, I think the guy's a bit of a crackpot," she said.
Her sister's SCDF colleagues sprang into action.
Operations officer Mohamed Faizal Latiff, 30, said: "We saw him taking swings at the cars at random."
"He was holding an axe, but it somehow disappeared from his hand (the last time he swung it)."
It turned out that the man had dropped the axe into the back seat of the fourth car - a Mercedes-Benz E200.
Mr Mohamed Faizal said the axe looked to be about 30cm long, with a blade of about 10cm.
The man then crossed the road next to the carpark. Mr Mohamed Faizal and his three colleagues followed him.
"We stayed about 10m from him. He went into a hardware shop and bought a hammer. We then called the police," he said.
The man was muttering to himself in what sounded like a Chinese dialect as he was walking.
His bermudas were also slipping down his hips, revealing the top of his beige underwear. He had a fanny pack around his waist.
Armed with the hammer, the man returned to the same carpark where he had smashed the cars.
Mr Mohamed Faizal and his colleagues said: "We discussed how we could sneak up behind him and grab the hammer from him."
And this was exactly what they did.
Mr Mohamed Faizal snatched the hammer from the man while one of his colleagues held him down.
The man did not struggle and continued muttering to himself.
The police arrived shortly after.
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Arrested
When contacted, a police spokesman said: "A 28-year-old Chinese man was arrested in connection with a case whereby there was damage caused to four vehicles parked at the open carpark near Block 44, Sims Drive."
Investigations are ongoing.
The New Paper understands that the man, believed to be of unsound mind, lives a few blocks away from the carpark.
But witnesses who saw the man being taken away by the police said they did not recognise him.
The trail of destruction he left behind drew a small crowd of curious gawkers, and the dismayed owners of the smashed cars.
Apart from the Mercedes-Benz, the other cars damaged were a Mitsubishi Lancer, a Toyota Vios and a Toyota Altis.
The Mercedes-Benz had two dents on the bonnet, three large spiderweb-like cracks on the front windscreen and a large hole in the left rear window.
Its owner, housewife Jolynn Tan, 38, bought the car three years ago.
This article was first published in The New Paper.
