'I heard her shout: Save me, my hand is gone': 9 commended for fending off Beach Road slasher

Nine men who flung objects at a man hacking his estranged wife with a chopper in Beach Road were commended by the police. - SCREENGRAB FROM SOCIAL MEDIA

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Nine men who flung objects at a man allegedly hacking his estranged wife with a chopper in Beach Road were on Monday (April 18) commended by the police for helping the bloodied woman fend off her attacker.

"I heard her shout, 'Save me, save me. My hand is gone!'," said one of the men, Wei Chen Xiang, 32. He picked up a chair and threw it at the attacker as the victim screamed for her life outside the restaurant he works at last Thursday.