33-year-old woman removed from 26th floor ledge and arrested

In Singapore, a 33-year-old woman was rescued after she was on the eaves of the 26th floor of a residential building. The operation lasted almost two hours. After being hospitalized, the woman was arrested under the Mental Health Act, with no criminal charges against her. This is reported by the publication Zaobao.

The incident occurred on the afternoon of November 12 outside 292A on Bukit Batac East Avenue. Passers-by heard the screams of a woman on a narrow ledge next to the garbage collection room on the 26th floor.

Police and rescue officers arrived. Crisis negotiators were involved in the operation. At the bottom of the building, an inflatable rescue mattress was deployed in case of a fall.

To evacuate, rescuers descended from the roof and approached the woman from above. Negotiators managed to convince her to leave the dangerous place. At 17:15, the woman was removed from the cornice and taken to the hospital.

According to preliminary data, the rescued could work as a domestic servant. Shortly after the operation was completed, she was arrested under Singapore's mental health law. However, she was not charged with a crime.