Boon Lay attack: Groom's wedding marred by assault on friends after returning from temple ceremony

What was supposed to be a joyous occasion for the groom on his wedding day turned into a bloody one when two of his friends were slashed by attackers shortly after the wedding party returned home following a temple ceremony that morning.

Two suspects involved in the attack were arrested after a 23-hour manhunt by the police on Thursday (April 7).

Sometime after 4pm on Wednesday, Mr Emmanuel Ravi, a 26-year-old operation assistant in the marine industry, had returned home from his wedding ceremony and completed his post-wedding rituals when he received a call from his friend, who sounded panicky, asking him to quickly go to the void deck of a housing block near his.

His friend, along with several others, had driven to Block 177 Boon Lay Drive where Mr Emmanuel lives after the post-wedding lunch and arrived there about 15 minutes after he did.

When he went down, Mr Emmanuel said that his mind went blank at the sight that he saw.

“I saw one of my friends bleeding very badly. His head had been cut quite deep.

“I held on to him and asked him if he was okay. Then while I was talking to him, two guys came to slash him again,” Mr Emmanuel told TODAY on Thursday over the phone.