Muhammad Noor | |
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 59-year-old Muhammad Noor, whose legless body was found inside a luggage | |
| Born | Muhammad Noor c. 1955 |
| Died | 11 June 2014 (aged 59) |
| Cause of death | Murdered by smothering |
| Resting place | A Pakistan cemetery |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Occupation | Tissue paper seller |
| Known for | Murder victim |
On 11 June 2014, 59-year-old Muhammad Noor, a Pakistani tissue paper seller, was murdered by his two compatriots Rasheed Muhammad (43 years old) and Ramzan Rizwan (25 years old), who both smothered him to death and robbed him of S$6,000, after they lost their own money to Muhammad over a game of cards.
Afterwards, Muhammad's corpse was dismembered by the two men using a saw, and his severed legs were packed in a luggage while his upper body was kept in another luggage. The second luggage containing Muhammad's legless body was later found abandoned at a roadside by an 81-year-old man and this discovery was reported to the police, who swiftly arrested the pair for their crime the day after Muhammad's murder. The first luggage containing the severed legs were later found at a Muslim cemetery in Jalan Kubor. The grisly killing and subsequent dismemberment of Muhammad brought shock to the whole of Singapore back in 2014.
Although both Rasheed and Ramzan pinned the blame on one another for murdering Muhammad during their joint murder trial, the High Court nonetheless rejected their claims and deemed that both defendants were responsible for the premeditated murder and gruesome dismemberment of Muhammad and hence, both Ramzan and Rasheed were convicted as charged and sentenced to death after a five-day trial on 17 February 2017.[1] They were eventually hanged sometime in 2018.
- ^ "Pakistani pair set to hang in Singapore for gruesome murder". South China Morning Post. 17 February 2017.