Police shoot dead knife-wielding man at Singapore HDB block


When officers arrived at the scene, the man came out of a unit brandishing a knife. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A man wielding a knife was shot dead during a confrontation with police officers at Block 33 Bendemeer Road on Wednesday (March 23).

The police said during a press conference on Wednesday night that 64-year-old Ng Eng Kui, a drug offender, was walking around the foot of the HDB block shouting and brandishing a knife at around 4pm.

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