The_King Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 SINGAPORE - A 15-year-old was arrested after he attempted to rob a steamed bun shop at Elias Mall in Pasir Ris. The police said they were alerted to the incident along Elias Road at 6.05pm on Jan 11. A 56-year-old woman sustained minor injuries and was taken conscious to hospital, the police added. The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it received a call for assistance at 6.10pm and took the victim to Changi General Hospital. According to Shin Min Daily News, the owner of Baby Bun, who identified himself only as Mr Chen, thought the youth wanted to buy some steamed buns when he first walked into the shop. “But the boy shook his head and said ‘no, no’,” said the 61-year-old, who was in the shop with his wife. “While we were still trying to figure out what he wanted, he suddenly took out a sharp object, said something that we didn’t understand, and then pointed to the cash register.” The couple realised that the youth wanted to rob them but, due to the communication barrier, they decided to use hand gestures to calm him down instead. Seeing that the youth was becoming agitated, the couple told the Chinese-language daily that they wanted to comply in exchange for their safety. However, as Mr Chen was about to open the cash register, a passer-by walked by, and Mrs Chen screamed and told her husband not to surrender the money. “The youth turned around and saw that there were people outside the shop,” said Mr Chen. “He was probably frightened because he threw his weapon at us and fled.” The weapon accidentally hit Mrs Chen and left a 5cm injury on her chest. According to Shin Min, the police found a shoe nearby, which was believed to have been worn by the youth during the incident. A 15-year-old male teenager was arrested in relation to the incident, the police said. Police investigations are ongoing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeenut Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 WTF kind of communication barrier with a 15yr old? But heng the 2 shopkeepers state that the woman was hit accidentally by his "weapon" by the frightened 15yr old 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonchocolateroll Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 At least Bun Shop is original as compared to the usual 7-11 or petrol kiosk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOfTheHour Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 No clues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noobmaster Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) 14 hours ago, ManOfTheHour said: No clues “Communication barrier” @meng.huat Edited January 13 by noobmaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classyNfabulous Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 sch jus reopen, nothing to do go conmit robbery? 🤦♀️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meng.huat Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 3 hours ago, noobmaster said: “Communication barrier” @meng.huat quite open ended. AMDK also cannot speak to steamed bun boomers 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XianGe Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Social problem... Ministry 'monitoring'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XianGe Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 3 hours ago, classyNfabulous said: sch jus reopen, nothing to do go conmit robbery? 🤦♀️ Maybe some ah beng dared him go rob.. or tis kid don't have rich parents then someone threw him idea to rob to get $$$ for his PS5 Nintendo switch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendude Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 think is AT open stall The kid cannot rob the baos prob cuz tak halal... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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