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Singapore aquarium diver killed in stingray attack

SINGAPORE, Oct 5, (APP/AFP) – A Singaporean diver has died after being struck on the chest by stingray in a closed underwater attraction in the city-state, the aquarium’s owners said Wednesday. Veteran diver Philip Chan, 62, was stung on Tuesday at Underwater World Singapore in a “tragic accident”, while readying stingrays for transfer to another aquarium, the attraction’s owners Haw Par Corporation said in a statement. He later died of his injuries in hospital.