ANN/THE STRAITS TIMES – A man who allegedly wielded an axe in Stamford Road on Tuesday morning was charged with two counts of assault yesterday.
Manohar Thirunavukkarasu, 25, is also accused of six other offences, including harassment and criminal trespass.
The Singaporean was at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University in Stamford Road at around 2.30am on Tuesday when he allegedly assaulted two people.
He is accused of punching and kicking one of them and slapping the other.
Manohar, who was said to have had an axe in his possession that morning, is also accused of kicking a public servant’s left leg and abusing the man with vulgar language.
In a video posted on YouTube, an axe-wielding man is seen crossing the road towards Raffles City Shopping Centre.
He walks towards a police car parked at a nearby traffic light, and two uniformed officers point their weapons at him. The man then throws his axe, which lands on an adjacent pavement.
The police said they were alerted to a fight in Stamford Road at about 2.30am on Tuesday.
They added: “A 25-year-old man was subsequently arrested for possession of (an) offensive weapon, using criminal force to deter a public servant from the discharge of his duty, and using abusive language against a public servant.”
The police also said a 71-year-old man was taken to hospital conscious.
