The police have arrested a 35-year-old woman for allegedly killing her eight-year-old daughter.
According to a police news release, police were alerted to an incident in a residential unit along Geylang Lorong 31 at around 11:40am on Aug. 10.
At the scene, an eight-year-old girl was found lying motionless with multiple wounds. She was unconscious when conveyed to the hospital and was pronounced dead at 12:45pm.
The 35-year-old woman, who is the biological mother of the girl, was arrested at the scene.
She will be charged in court on Aug. 11 with murder, and the police will seek a court order to remand her for psychiatric assessment.
Under Section 302(1) of the Penal Code, the offence of murder carries the death penalty.
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