A CROW tried to peck and claw at a pair of young siblings near a wet market in Marine Parade on Sunday morning, as their mother was making a grocery run.
The bird attacked the boys – aged two and five – at an open-air space near Marine Terrace Market at around 11am, said their mother, Ariffah Ja’afar.
The crow went for the boys’ heads, but they were not injured, Ariffah added.
She was at the market buying groceries with her five children, aged between 15 months and eight years, when three of them encountered the crow outside the market.
The 39-year-old Grab delivery rider said the bird swooped in on her five-year-old first. It then turned to her two-year-old son and tried to strike his head with its beak and talons.
“We tried to move it away, but it did not move away, and still wanted to attack,” she said.
Although she has lived in the area for seven or eight years, this is the first time she has witnessed a crow assault there. But it may not be the first to have occurred there.
“I heard from some people that one auntie was also suddenly attacked by a crow,” said Ariffah.
Several cases of crows targeting humans have been reported around Singapore in October and and February.
These cases have prompted the National Parks Board to remove crows’ nests in these areas to prevent further attacks. — The Straits Times/ANN
