Police take down 'Subway Samurai'

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A man who appeared dressed up as a samurai and wielding a sword scared passengers on an MRT train when he boarded around Monday afternoon.

According to a statement from train operator SMRT, the man "jumped the fare gate" at Paya Lebar MRT station, and brought a samurai sword on board the west-bound train.

"The male passenger was apprehended at 12:45pm around Bugis MRT station, and the incident is now under police investigation," said a spokesperson.

Eyewitness Julian Lim, a bank executive, recorded a five-second video of the man exiting the train.

He told Yahoo Singapore he had just boarded the north-bound train from Raffles Place with his colleague, when the unidentified man entered the train at City Hall MRT station, tailed by three transit security officers.

Lim described the man as being middle-aged and "slightly on the heavier side", with dyed and permed hair, and wearing a white T-shirt over what appears to be a hakama, a traditional Japanese garment.

He also described the sword as being black and matte, adding that none of the approximately 30 passengers on the train said anything during the brief episode.

"If he was (a cosplayer), he was very into character," he said. "I've never seen such an angry cosplayer before!"

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