Geylang red-light district fight: Elderly man with stab wounds to chest dies
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SINGAPORE – A 70-year-old man, who fought with a younger man at a known red-light area in Geylang in the early hours of March 9, has died.
The older man was taken unconscious to hospital, where he died. The Straits Times understands that he suffered stab wounds to the chest.
The other man, 48, was taken conscious to another hospital.
A spokeswoman for the police said they were alerted to the fight along Lorong 16 Geylang on March 9 at about 8.15am.
The younger man was arrested for voluntarily causing grievous hurt with a dangerous weapon.
Preliminary investigations revealed that both men knew each other.
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.
When ST arrived at the scene at around 10.25am, at least five police cars were parked there.
A private carpark next to a religious association had been cordoned off by the police. There were bloodstains on the pavement next to a rubbish bin.
Plainclothes officers at the scene of the stabbing incident in Lorong 16 Geylang on March 9.
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An owner of a traditional Chinese medicine shop, who wanted to be known only as Ms Lyu, said the cordons were already up when she arrived at her shop at 8.30am.
Plainclothes officers were speaking to at least three people, believed to be witnesses.
Investigators placing numbered plates on the ground near the bloodstains on March 9.
ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
At around 10.40am, investigators placed numbered plates on the ground near the bloodstains.
Physical crime has been rising, going from 19,969 cases in 2024 to 20,857 in 2025. Knife-related incidents saw a slight increase, from 131 cases in 2024 to 137 in 2025.
