What the records say
- When
- 1968
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 1.30° N, 103.80° E
- Description
- 1968 murder of a police detective in Singapore
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Murder of D. Munusamy
1968 murder of a police detective in Singapore
On 5 February 1968, a 24-year-old police detective named D. Munusamy was stabbed by a group of men nearby a telephone booth at Bukit Timah Road in Singapore, after he tried to arrest one of the men on suspicion of being a gang member, which led to the man's friends attacking the policeman, who managed to fire three rounds, injuring one of them.
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