THE bodies of two men, aged 26 and 28, were retrieved from the Singapore River early yesterday.
Police said they were alerted at 1.57am to a case of suspected drowning near 6 Eu Tong Sen Street – the address of Clarke Quay Central.
A spokesman for the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it received a call for water rescue at about 2am.
Its officers saw no signs of the missing persons upon arrival.
Divers from the SCDF’s Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (Dart) were deployed to perform an underwater search.
Dart also deployed an underwater remotely operated vehicle to aid the search effort.
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2 bodies found in Singapore River near Clarke Quay
The bodies of two men were found in the Singapore River on Apr 18, 2021. (Photo: Facebook/Rudy Ferragamo)
18 Apr 2021 10:55AM (Updated:
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SINGAPORE: Two bodies were found in the Singapore River near Clarke Quay early on Sunday morning (Apr 18).
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it received a call for a water rescue incident along the river near 6 Eu Tong Sen Street at about 2am.
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“Upon SCDF’s arrival, there were no signs of the persons,” it said.