Update: A 25-year-old man identified to be Manohar Thirunavukkarasu, was arrested after leaving a fight in the early hours of Tuesday, Apr. 11. Sounds mild? At the time of arrest, he was carrying an axe.
In a dashcam footage uploaded on YouTube, a man wearing dark clothes and white sneakers can be seen walking towards two police officers on Stamford Road, heading towards Raffles City.
The man was walking steadily and did not appear to be in a drunken state.
Later in the video, Manohar is seeing throwing down his axe when the officers drew their weapons and pointed them at him.
It is unclear if they had tasers or service pistols.
In a statement, the police said that the axe was seized. On top of that, Manohar was subsequently arrested for possessing an offensive weapon, using criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging his duty and using abusive language against a public servant.
According to reports, the police were alerted of a fight happening along Stamford Road at 2:28am.
The timestamp of the video posted showed that the recording happened at 2:37am.
A 71-year-old man was brought to the hospital conscious and another 29-year-old man is helping with investigations.
It was not mentioned what injuries was inflicted and what the nature of the fight was about.
At the time of arrest, Manohar has been accused of other offences, including harassment and criminal trespass.
He will be remanded at the Institute of Mental Health for medical examination and his case has been adjourned to Apr. 26.
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