River Valley High School attack

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On 19 July 2021, 13-year-old Ethan Hun Zhe Kai, a Secondary One student, was struck and killed with a combat fire axe inside a bathroom at River Valley High School, in Boon Lay, Singapore. The perpetrator, a 16-year-old Secondary Four male student, was arrested for Hun's murder shortly afterwards. He was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment on 1 December 2023 after his initial charge of murder was downgraded to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. The killing was reported as an unprecedented incident in the history of Singapore.

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