Yishun knife attack: Neighbour charged with murdering mother of 2
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Koh Ah Hwee is accused of murdering the woman, a Vietnamese national, on Sept 24.
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SINGAPORE – A 66-year-old man has been charged with murder over an alleged knife attack in Yishun on Sept 24.
The incident is said to have been sparked by a dispute between neighbours.
Koh Ah Hwee, who lives at Block 323 Yishun Central, is accused of murdering Vietnamese national Nguyen Phuong Tra
Koh, who suffered injuries during the incident, was handed a murder charge on Sept 25.
Court documents stated that the Singaporean allegedly stabbed Ms Tra in the chest with a knife.
Her 33-year-old husband also suffered serious injuries, sustained allegedly while trying to stop Koh.
The couple and their alleged attacker were taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital after the incident, which occurred just before 7.25am.
Police officers at Block 323 Yishun Central after the fatal knife attack on Sept 24.
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According to residents, Ms Tra and her husband were assaulted on the sixth floor of the block where they lived with their two young children.
Koh has a unit on the fifth floor of the same block.
The neighbours were said to have been in the midst of trying to resolve their differences over noise complaints when the incident happened.
Nee Soon GRC MP Jackson Lam, who oversees the area, said the dispute had been escalated to the Community Disputes Resolution Tribunals.
The incident left the victim and her husband with serious injuries. The woman died later in the hospital.
Police figures released in August showed that the number of physical crime cases has gone up
There were 59 cases in the same period in 2024, and 131 for the whole of that year.
Koh’s case has been adjourned to Oct 2.
Offenders convicted of murder face the death penalty.
