SINGAPORE – Responding to a call for assistance at Tampines MRT station, personnel from the police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) made a grim find: The body of a newborn baby.
A spokesperson said that SCDF were alerted to an incident requiring ambulance assistance at Tampines MRT station at about 1.40pm on Friday (June 3).
The ambulance arrived at the scene within seven minutes, and paramedics were led to a toilet on the first floor, SCDF said.
There, they found the body of a newborn child, who was pronounced dead upon arrival. It is unclear how the baby had died.
According to Today newspaper, police officers were also at the scene, and cordoned off the toilet as investigations were being carried out.
Website Coconuts Singapore reported that a body bag was subsequently carried out of the toilet at around 4pm.
On Twitter, a user named William posted photographs of the station showing that the police cordon was still in place at 5.05pm.
Before details of the baby’s death emerged, a number of users had posted photos on Twitter and Facebook, and wondered why there was such a heavy police presence at the MRT station.
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