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Geylang red-light district fight: Elderly man with stab wounds to chest dies
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A private carpark next to a religious association in Geylang Lorong 16 has been cordoned off by the police, with bloodstains seen on the pavement next to a rubbish bin.
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Published Mar 09, 2026, 11:07 AM
Updated Mar 09, 2026, 07:44 PM
SINGAPORE – A 70-year-old man, who fought with a younger man at a known
red-light area
in Geylang in the early hours of March 9, has died.
The older man was taken unconscious to hospital, where he died. The Straits Times understands that he suffered stab wounds to the chest.
The other man, 48, was taken conscious to another hospital.
A spokeswoman for the police said they were alerted to the fight along Lorong 16 Geylang on March 9 at about 8.15am.
The younger man was arrested for voluntarily causing grievous hurt with a dangerous weapon.
Preliminary investigations revealed that both men knew each other.
A spokesman for the Singapore Civil Defence Force said it took one of the men to Tan Tock Seng Hospital and the other to Raffles Hospital.
