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Yishun knife attack: Woman dies after alleged dispute between neighbours; man arrested
A resident who wanted to be known only as Mr Koh, 69, said there was a neighbour dispute between a man and a couple.
PHOTO: ST READER
Published Sep 24, 2025, 09:43 AM
Updated Sep 24, 2025, 10:48 AM
SINGAPORE - A woman has died following a violent attack believed to be over a dispute between neighbours in Yishun on the morning of Sept 24.
She and her husband were among the three taken to hospital, having suffered serious injuries.
The Straits Times understands that the third person taken to hospital was the alleged attacker, who has been arrested.
A spokesman for the Singapore Civil Defence Force said they received a call for help at Block 323 Yishun Central at about 7.25am on Sept 24.
They took the three people to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.
When ST arrived at the scene at around 8.50am, there were eight police cars at Block 323, and blood drops near the lift at the ground floor.
On the sixth floor, there were blood stains at the lift lobby.
ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
A knife, a watch, a mobile phone, a set of car keys and a slipper lay on the bloodied floor.
The entire level was cordoned off, with at least eight police officers present.
Blood stains were also spotted inside the lifts.
A resident who wanted to be known only as Mr Koh, 69, said there was a dispute between a man and a couple who were neighbours.
He said: “At around 7am, I heard screams and a commotion, so I went to level six to see what happened. That’s when I saw a woman lying unconscious near the lift. She had wounds all over her body and was completely drenched in blood.”
Mr Koh, a business owner, added: “Her husband was trying to fight off a man who was holding a knife. At the same time, the husband was yelling ‘Anyone knows CPR? Please help my wife!’ Then I saw the husband get stabbed at his chest area.”
Photos of the incident showed several people tending to a woman at the corridor while a man covered in blood sat on the ground nearby.
Another photo showed a police officer speaking to a bald man sitting on the ground with blood smeared across his legs.
ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
Physical crime has been on the rise
with 75 knife-related incidents reported in the first half of 2025.
This is compared to 59 cases for the same period in 2024 and 131 cases for the whole of that year.
There were a total of 10,341 physical crime cases reported from January to June in 2025, compared to 9,809 such cases in the same period in 2024.
