PUBLISHED ONSeptember 06, 2026 4:20 AMBYCrystal TanA 61-year-old man allegedly assaulted three people at a Bedok coffee shop on Friday (Sept 4), injuring two women and leaving one bleeding, before pushing two police officers who responded to the incident.
In response to AsiaOne's queries, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said it received a call at 7.45pm for assistance at Block 204 Bedok North Street 1.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the man had been involved in a minor altercation with a 32-year-old man and two women, aged 29 and 25. Two bystanders stepped in and tried to stop the man.
When officers arrived, they found several men engaged in a scuffle and intervened to break it up.
The 61-year-old man then pushed two officers and knocked the spectacles off one of them. He also uttered vulgarities at another officer, said the police.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force AsiaOne that two people were taken to Changi General Hospital, while two others sustained minor injuries but declined to be taken to the hospital.
A diner, surnamed Liu (transliterated), told Shin Min that "the man even pushed the officers".
According to Liu, the man was believed to have consumed two or three bottles of beer before getting into an argument with a female employee at the coffee shop.
The pair allegedly grappled for a while before the stall owner arrived about half an hour later and asked the man what had happened.
After the man said a few words, the female employee interjected, which allegedly caused him to become agitated and hit the stall owner.
Liu said her friend saw the stall owner's spectacles being knocked off during the assault.
Two employees who tried to intervene and break up the fight were also allegedly hit, she said.
Another witness, surnamed Chen, told Shin Min that the man had allegedly assaulted the female employee before getting into a physical altercation with two other employees.
During the incident, the man also collided with another table of diners, knocking over several bowls and plates.
"One female employee had a cut on her lip and was bleeding, while another staff member said she could not lift her arm," said Chen.
The coffee shop was left in a mess, with spoons and plates scattered underneath a table alongside food scraps.
A laksa stall owner who helped to restrain the man told reporters that he noticed the fight after hearing a female employee screaming.
According to the stall owner, police officers asked the man to sit down after arriving at the scene, but he refused to comply and became more aggressive.
The man had allegedly resisted arrest and assaulted the officers.
The stall owner said he and several others then stepped in to help restrain the man.
"I grabbed him from behind and pinned him to the ground, but he kept struggling."
When Shin Min visited the scene, the man was undergoing a breathalyser test before he was handcuffed and taken into a police vehicle.
Stallholders at the coffee shop said that the man was a regular customer and had never caused trouble in the past.
An employee at an Indian food stall, Ali (transliterated), said the man frequently visited the coffee shop to eat and was generally good-tempered, reported Shin Min.
Another stallholder, who declined to be named, said they often saw the man at the coffee shop.
"He's a nice person, but we don't know if he had too much to drink or was under a lot of stress. His behaviour suddenly became unusual."
The man was arrested for using criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty and voluntarily causing hurt to deter a public servant from his duty, said the police.
He will also be investigated for voluntarily causing hurt and intentional harassment.
Police investigations are ongoing.
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