Police arrest man after woman found dead, child injured in Bukit Batok flat

SINGAPORE - A man has been arrested after a woman was found dead in a Bukit Batok Housing Board block on Jan 6 morning. A child was also injured in the incident.

When The Straits Times arrived Block 460B along Bukit Batok West Avenue 9 at about 11am, at least four police vehicles, including a Crime Scene Investigation van, were spotted at the foot of the block.

Uniformed police officers and plain clothes police officers had cordoned off the corridor leading up to the second-floor unit. 

At about 11.30am, a Chinese man dressed in full white protective gear which went up to his head was escorted to a police car.

Police officers were spotted reviewing footage in the police equipment room at the void deck.

The area surrounding the block, including the void deck and public walkway, were cordoned off by police tape.

A spokesman for the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it received a call for assistance at about 8.25am. One person was pronounced dead at the scene, while another was conveyed to the National University Hospital.

This story is developing.

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