SINGAPORE: A 37-year-old man will be charged in court on Monday (Nov 11) with voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapon, following the stabbing of a Catholic priest at St Joseph’s Church in Upper Bukit Timah on Saturday evening.
If found guilty, the man, who was not named by the police in a media briefing in the early hours of Sunday, faces a jail term of up to 15 years, as well as a fine or caning.
The police will seek a court order to remand the man at the Institute of Mental Health for psychiatric evaluation.
The police said there is currently no evidence to suggest that it was a religiously motivated attack.
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