NRI charged with attempted murder

The 21-yr-old was held for attacking an elderly owner of a house in Singapore and his maids.

An Indian national was charged with attempted murder after breaking into a three-storey Singapore home and attacking the elderly owner and his two Indonesian maids, news reports said on Sunday.

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After receiving a call from the house, police found the 21-year-old suspect and arrested him.

He had wounds on his wrists, which the police believed to be self-inflicted, The Sunday Times said.

One of the maids, a 36-year-old woman, was in the intensive care unit of a hospital after receiving the injuries on Friday.

The owner of the house, who is in his 70s, and the other Indonesian maid, were in stable condition, the report said.