A 53-year-old woman was tasered and arrested by the police after stabbing herself in the stomach outside St Hilda’s Secondary School.
A video of the incident is circulating online, with at least eight Singapore Police Force (SPF) officers cautiously approaching the woman who stood outside the gates.
Some of the officers were armed and pointed their guns at the woman as she allegedly brandished a knife near Block 840 Tampines Street 82 on Monday (Sept 19).
The woman screamed as she paced around, stopping traffic outside the school.
Officers could be heard telling the woman to put down the weapon and move back.
An eyewitness told Channel News Asia that the woman began panicking after seeing more police officers approach her.
SPF said in a Today report that the woman was “uncooperative and refused to comply with the police’s instructions.”
“The woman then stabbed herself in the abdomen and threatened to further harm herself”.
“For her safety, one of the police officers then discharged a taser to prevent the woman from further injuring herself,” said the police.
She suffered a self-sustained stab wound on her abdomen and was conveyed to Changi General Hospital in a stable condition.
The woman was arrested for the possession of an offensive weapon in a public space and for suspected drug-related offences.
She was apprehended under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act.
Police investigations are ongoing. /TISG
Police shoot man wielding knife along Bendemeer Road after he refused to drop his weapon