SINGAPORE, Aug. 10 -- A 56-year-old member of the public disarmed a 34-year-old man who had suffered injuries believed to be self-inflicted in Clementi, Singapore, this afternoon, before police arrived at the scene.

The younger man was subsequently taken to hospital for treatment, Mothership reported.

Police said they received a call for assistance at Block 441B Clementi Avenue 3 at about 12.20pm.

When officers arrived, they found the 34-year-old lying conscious with injuries believed to have been self-inflicted.

Before police reached the scene, the 56-year-old man had taken a knife away from him and disarmed him, according to police.

The older man was not injured but was also taken to hospital conscious as a precaution.

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