The body of a 14-year-old was found in the waters off Changi Beach Park on Saturday (22 August).
The SCDF was called in at about 3:30pm to the premises, and when they arrived at the scene, they found a person on the shore.
The person was first assessed by an SCDF paramedic and sent to Changi General Hospital, and it was unknown if he was conscious.
Knowing that another person was in the waters, the SCDF’s elite team, the Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team, deployed divers to perform an underwear search.
They eventually found the body of a 14-year-old about 15 metres from the shore in the waters, and the teenager was pronounced dead on the scene by an SCDF paramedic.
Videos from social media show that the area was not completely devoid of people as some people were fishing while a few groups of people were having picnics nearby.
Police are investigating the unnatural death.
Changi Beach Park is one of the oldest coastal parks in Singapore and is about 3.3km long, stretching from Changi Point to Changi Ferry Terminal and overlooks Pulau Ubin.
People often go there to view sunrise from the SAF Changi Ferry Terminal on the eastern end of the park, and view sunsets from Changi Point.
The beach is also well-known as the place for the one of the killing grounds of Sook Ching massacre for the Japanese Imperial Army during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore of the Second World War, where 66 Chinese male civilians were killed on the beach by the Japanese Hojo Kempei on 20 February 1942.
