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A crowd set fire to vehicles and clashed with police in the Indian shopping district of Singapore late yesterday, in a rare outbreak of rioting in the city state.
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Singapore Police Force said the riot started after a fatal traffic accident. “Shortly after, a riot broke out involving a crowd of about 400 subjects where the subjects damaged five police vehicles and one ambulance,” it said in a statement, adding that around 10 police officers were injured.
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Incidents like this are rare in Singapore, which has tough laws on rioting that carry a sentence of up to seven years in prison and possible caning.
“This is a serious incident which has resulted in injuries and damage to public property,” said Teo Chee Hean, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs. “Police will spare no efforts to apprehend the subjects involved in the riot.”
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Footage on Channel NewsAsia showed at least two vehicles on fire and debris strewn across Racecourse Road, one of the main thoroughfares in Little India. Many other private cars were reported to have been damaged as well.
Police reported at 1am this morning that the incident was under control.
- Reuters
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