Windows in several Yishun flats hit by metal ball bearings over past months

<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20220402/1648881823117042.jpg" title="1648881823117042.jpg" alt="2.jpg"/></p><p>At least 10 Yishun flats were reportedly hit with metal ball bearings over the past nine months.</p><p><br/></p><p>The ball bearings resulted in damaged glass doors and windows. In one case, the damage was estimated to cost about S$900 to repair.</p><p>The police are currently investigating.</p><p>The flats that were hit were mainly located on the 8th to 10th floors of HDB blocks 347A and 347B of Adora Green, Yishun Avenue 11, according to&nbsp;Shin Min Daily News.</p><p>A resident, with the last name Xu, told&nbsp;Shin Min&nbsp;that she had first heard of the incident from other neighbours sometime last December. And a day after hearing the news, her glass window in her master bedroom was shot three times.</p><p>Xu said that the diameter of the hole was about half a centimetre, but the impact of the ball had caused cracks that stretched three centimetres long. The hits also left glass fragments all over the floor of her master bedroom.</p><p>She called the police and they came down to her home to investigate the matter but were unable to identify where the metal ball bearings were shot from.</p><p>Xu noted that about nine other households had the same experience since last June.</p><p>Another female resident, who did not want to be named, told&nbsp;Shin Min&nbsp;that when she was working from home in December last year, she heard a series of loud bangs coming from a room in her home.</p><p>A small iron ball was later found and handed over to the police.</p><p>Another affected resident told&nbsp;The Straits Times&nbsp;that the damage to her doors is estimated to cost S$900 to repair.</p><p><br/></p><p>Incidents happened during school holidays</p><p>Strangely, Xu said that all the incidents happened during the school holidays (June, September and December breaks), causing residents to worry about the safety of their children.<br/></p><p>Another resident, with the last name Zhong, told&nbsp;Shin Min&nbsp;that she is worried about her 7-year-old child being shot. The window of her home has been shot four times in the past six months.</p><p>Several of the affected residents have reportedly made police reports.</p><p>The nearest buildings to the affected flats, which may be where the culprit shot the ball bearings from, are Blocks 323 and 324 Yishun Central.</p><p><br/></p>