The River Valley High School student who hacked a secondary 1 boy to death with an axe in school last year, reportedly took his O-Level examinations in prison.
The Singapore Prison Service said that the boy, now-17-years-old, took his exams in jail as a private candidate.
They said that he was “given access to study materials for self-study and invigilators were deployed for him to take his exams in prison”.
The boy was arrested on 19 July 2021 after the murder of the 13-year-old boy, and was charged in court on 20 July the next day, and has been in remand ever since.
Recap on the axe murder
The 16-year-old boy from River Valley High School was charged on 20 July 2021 with the murder of a 13-year-old schoolmate.
As the defendant is under 18 he cannot be named.
The defendant is accused of the murder which happened between 11.16 AM and 11.44 AM, inside a toilet on the 4th floor of Block D of the school. According to the prosecutor, the defendant was previously “treated” at the Institute of Mental Health.
The police received a call for help at the school at about 11.40am on 19 July, and the victim was found with multiple wounds at the toilet, lying motionless.
He was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene, and the axe was also seized as a case exhibit.
Investigations revealed that the victim and the alleged killer didn’t know each other, and that the boy bought the axe online.
Student saw axe dripping with blood
In yet another leaked Whatsapp message detailing the attack at River Valley High School that left a Secondary 1 boy dead, a girl was alleged to be the first to see the perpetrator.
The message appears to be a conversation between a parent and another identified party.
The parent detailed that the daughter was the first to see the attacker because the incident allegedly happened in front of her classroom.
She allegedly saw the boy (attacker) holding the axe dripping with blood, and his shoes were also allegedly drenched in blood.
Panicked students messaged their parents
A series of leaked Whatsapp messages allegedly from River Valley High School students detailing the “knife attack” at their school, circulated on Whatsapp
One of the students said that there was a male student holding a “v big axe (SIC)” outside their classroom, and that he looks crazy.
They shared that everyone was “damn scared” and that there was “literally blood dripping”.
In the other screenshot, it appears to be a conversation between a student and his/her parents.
The student corroborated the accounts of the first screenshot, saying that he/she saw a boy holding an axe.
The student alleged that three girls from his/her class saw a sec 3 boy at the water cooler washing away blood.
He saw them and asked them if they had a phone, because he “killed someone”.
The student said that classes 1H and 1G were hiding in the co-room.
The parent then replied “keep yourself safe”, and asked “can we fetch you now?”
