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A 41-year-old man has been arrested for the alleged murder of a 48-year-old woman. The man was arrested at 1:36am on Sep. 7, at Bukit Merah East Neighbourhood Police Centre after telling officers that he had stabbed a woman, according to a press release by the Singapore Police Force (SPF). Officers were then dispatched to a food centre along Kadayanallur Street, where Maxwell Food Centre is located. There, they found the 48-year-old woman lying motionless. She was pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene. Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect and victim are known to each other. According to , both parties are food vendors at Maxwell Food Centre, and had a dispute related to money. that the victim is believed to have been dragged to the suspect's food stall, where she was stabbed in the abdomen with a knife. The knife was then thrown into a trash can. A cleaner called the police when they saw the deceased in the stall. The man will be charged in court on Sep. 8 with murder under Section 302(1) of the Penal Code 1871. The offence of murder carries the death penalty. Police investigations are ongoing.