SINGAPORE, Dec. 18 -- A 68-year-old man who repeatedly attacked fellow residents and staff at a nursing home in Singapore, and later set a mattress on fire, has been jailed after a string of violent incidents at the facility.

Jahalal Ali was sentenced to 15 weeks' jail on Tuesday after pleading guilty to two counts of voluntarily causing hurt and one charge of mischief by fire.

He was also given an additional 49 days' jail for breaching a remission order linked to earlier offences that required him to stay out of trouble between January 9, 2023, and June 18, 2025. Four other charges were taken into consideration at sentencing.

Court documents cited by Singapore dailyThe Straits Times said Jahalal lived at the Bukit Batok Home for the A...