Speaking to CNA, Mr Wei said he did not have time to feel afraid, he just knew that he could not let the man get away.

“I just grabbed a chair and threw it at him, after that, whatever I could find, I threw at him,” he said in Mandarin.

Mr Wei was one of the several individuals at the scene on Thursday (Apr 14) evening when the 46-year-old man wielding a chopper allegedly attacked a woman in the Beach Road area.

The police said they responded to the case at 75 Beach Road at about 5.30pm.

Footage of the incident circulating on social media showed a man dressed in black apparently slashing the woman several times, as she laid on the road behind a parked car.

Building signage identified the location as next to Zhong Hua Steamboat and Hotel Calmo Bugis.

“He already looked like he was in a frenzy, so I was just scared that he would hurt more people,” said the 43-year-old in Mandarin.

“We had customers eating here and I was afraid that if he rushed in and attacked the customers, it would be too late, so I knew I had to stop him right there and then.”

As his colleagues and members of the public threw things to block the attacker, Mr Lin rushed back and forth to supply them with chairs and other items.

On the opposite side of the road, staff members from another hotpot restaurant Chef China frantically called the police.

“Everyone was calling the police, and we saw more than 10 people surrounding the attacker, just trying to stop him from escaping,” said Mr Jin Xiao, a staff member at Chef China who witnessed the incident.

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