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revolver at his temple and pulled the trigger, ending his life. Lim then went to the rear of the bus and pointed his own gun at his head, but when he pulled the trigger it did not fire. He then threw the pistol out of the bus and walked out the back door of the vehicle to surrender to the police, who
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At the traffic junction of Kim Pong Road and Tiong Bahru Road, approximately 500 meters away from the apartment in Block 78, Yong and Lim forced a bus stopped at traffic lights to open its doors and then boarded it with their two hostages. Yong and Lim ordered the bus driver to drive away, but he
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hesitated and was then shot in the left arm. On witnessing this, Inspector Steven Koh of the Police
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