13 Horrifying Incidents & Disasters In Singapore That Shocked The Nation
We always think Singapore is safe. And it is. I can leave my house at 3AM and take a stroll around my neighbourhood and reach home an hour later – cold, shivering and feeling stupid, but safe.
With this feeling of security, it is easy to forget that our country has suffered its own set of disasters. We just hope that Singaporeans today who never knew about them don’t take our safety for granted.
Here are 13 of the most horrifying incidents in Singapore that probably aren’t in our history books:
- Bukit Ho Swee Fire (25th May 1961)
- MacDonald House bombing (10th March 1965)
- The Spyros disaster (12th October 1978)
- The murder of the Tan children (6th January 1979)
- Toa Payoh ritual murders (January – February 1981)
- New World Hotel disaster (15th March 1986)
- Hijack of Singapore Airlines Flight 117 (26th March 1991)
- Nicoll Highway Collapse (20th April 2004)
- Murder of Huang Na (10th October 2004)
- The “Slayers” suicide pact (23th August 2008)
- The Yishun triple murders (18th September 2008)
- The Ferrari road accident (12th May 2012)
- The Little India riot (8th December 2013)
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