SINGAPORE: A 48-year-old man will be charged with murder on Tuesday (March 10) following a fight with an elderly man in a known red-light area in Geylang.
The victim, 70, died in hospital on March 9. The Straits Times understands that he suffered stab wounds to the chest.
The police said they were alerted to the fight along Lorong 16 Geylang on March 9 at about 8.15am.
Officers found the elderly man injured at the scene. The 48-year-old was arrested there and taken conscious to another hospital.
Preliminary investigations revealed both men knew each other.
The offence of murder carries the death penalty. Police investigations are ongoing.
On March 9, 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.
Seven murders were reported in 2025.
One case involved a man who allegedly killed his younger brother in a Boon Lay flat on March 11.
In another case, a man was charged over his mother’s death in a Sengkang flat on June 1, while a woman was killed after a noise dispute in Yishun on Sept 24.
Physical crime has been rising, from 19,969 cases in 2024 to 20,857 in 2025. Knife-related incidents saw a slight increase in 2025 to 137 cases, from 131 cases the year before. - The Straits Times/ANN
