SINGAPORE: A 33-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly attempting to rob an elderly man with a boning hook.
The police said they were called to the case along Chander Road in the Little India area at about 4am on Sunday (Dec 10).
“An elderly male victim reported that an unknown man had allegedly attempted to rob him with a boning hook and demanded his gold chain with two pendants valued at S$10,000,” the police said in a news release on Monday.
The victim refused and a struggle ensued.
The gold chain subsequently broke and the suspect fled without the jewellery, leaving behind the boning hook - a tool typically used in butchery to handle meat.
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The police said they were called to the case along Chander Road in the Little India area at about 4am on Sunday (Dec 10).
“An elderly male victim reported that an unknown man had allegedly attempted to rob him with a boning hook and demanded his gold chain with two pendants valued at S$10,000,” the police said in a news release on Monday.
The victim refused and a struggle ensued.
The gold chain subsequently broke and the suspect fled without the jewellery, leaving behind the boning hook - a tool typically used in butchery to handle meat.
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