A man allegedly successfully robbed a Standard Chartered bank in Holland Village earlier today.

In a statement shared with Mothership.sg on Thursday, police confirmed that a case of robbery had occurred along Holland Ave at 11.25am, but did not state which bank it was. They added that their investigations are ongoing.

According to reports from Shin Min Daily and Channel NewsAsia, here's how it supposedly happened.

At around 11.25am, a Caucasian male wearing a cap slipped a piece of paper demanding money at the StanChart branch in Holland Village.

No confirmation on whether he was armed.

He took off after the heist.

Now the police have launched an islandwide manhunt for the man.

No injuries have been reported.

This is supposedly Singapore's first bank robbery in over a decade, the last one taking place in 2004.

Not a lot to go on? The secrecy might be justified due to the supposed threat level of the case, and even the biggest source of news in Singapore found themselves in the dark at this wholly-unexpected turn of events.

Here is The Straits Times's first crack at the report.

Some of the comments appeared upset at the seeming lack of content in the story. Most notably, one Peter Tan, who had this to say.

ST must have sensed the relative scarcity of facts in their article as well, as they made a call for readers to Facebook message them any details they might have on the supposed robbery.

This did not sit well with their readers.

Some of the readers gave extremely helpful insights into the case.

With a particular Hong Kong publication being (mis)cited as the standard-bearer.

To be fair to ST, they quickly got a few reporters on the scene, tailing the police in the search for the suspect. But even that got criticised.

Guess the folks at ST just can't catch a break.

Top image from Colette Wong's Twitter

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