SINGAPORE – A 59-year-old man has been arrested for his suspected involvement in killing a 61-year-old man.

The police said they were alerted to a murder case at a residential unit at Redhill Close in Bukit Merah at 10.50am on Friday.

“Upon arrival, officers found a 61-year-old man lying motionless with multiple wounds inside the unit. He was subsequently pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene,” the police added.

The 59-year-old man, a co-tenant of the flat with the deceased, is expected to be charged in court on Saturday with murder.

Police officers were seen carrying out investigations in a flat on the fifth floor of Block 90 in Redhill Close when The Straits Times arrived at around 2pm. A 10m-trail of bloodied shoe prints was seen stretching from the door of the unit down the corridor.

The corner unit is believed to be a one-room flat. A section of the corridor leading to the unit was cordoned off.

A resident of the block said she saw the police with a man at around 11am. Wanting to be known only as Madam Bella, 48, she said she recognised the man as he would often be smoking below the block.

She said: “I went out to get groceries in the morning, and when I returned at about 11am, I saw the man surrounded by police with his hands cuffed and his back against the wall at the staircase on the fifth floor.

“I often see him around, and I think he is unemployed. He doesn’t speak to any of the neighbours here.”

A resident on the fourth floor, who wanted to be known only as Mr Man, said police officers approached him at around 1pm to ask if he had heard any shouts or arguments coming from the flat recently. He told them he had not.

“The staircase next to my unit was cordoned off and I thought maybe someone had fallen down. I was shocked to read about the murder online,” said Mr Man, 35, who works in the cleaning industry.

He added: “Many old people live in this estate and it’s usually very quiet. Such things don’t happen here.”

Other residents of the block said they saw the police and an ambulance arriving at around 10am.

Undertakers brought out a body bag from the unit at 4.30pm on Friday. Police officers left the scene at about 6.45pm.

The offence of murder carries the death penalty.