SINGAPORE: A 64-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly hitting a 54-year-old woman with a hammer on Sunday (Jul 22), the police said in a news release on Monday.
The police were alerted at about 4.20pm to the incident, which took place near Ang Mo Kio MRT station.
AdvertisementThe woman suffered head injuries and was taken conscious to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, the police said, adding that the man fled the scene.
Officers subsequently found the man drunk at a coffee shop along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 and arrested him. A sling bag and a hammer were seized from him.
The man will be charged on Tuesday with voluntarily causing hurt with a dangerous weapon.
If convicted, he could be jailed up to seven years, fined, caned, or any combination of such punishments.
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