13 year old boy found dead in Toa Payoh flat

A 13 year old boy was found dead in the bedroom of a four-room flat in Toa Payoh Lorong 2, early on last friday morning.

Police, who received a call at about 2.45 am, found the boy, a secondary one student of St. Gabriel's Secondary School, motionless on a matress in the bedroom of the flat on the 11th floor. In the room then was his 36 year old mother, who had cuts on both her wrists.

The boy was rushed to Tan Tock Seng Hospital where he was pronounced dead at about 3.25 am. Police have arrested the boy's mother for murder. Neighbours said they did not hear any unusual commotion from the flat.

The boy had been living in the flat with his mother and maternal grandparents for about three years. His father does not live with them but often comes to pick him up and send him to school. Neighbours said the family keeps pretty much to themselves.

Investigations are ongoing.