SINGAPORE, June 16 -- A 42-year-old man was injured by a gunshot yesterday while cycling in a forested area near an active military live-firing zone in Singapore, prompting investigations by both the Singapore police and the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).

According to Channel News Asia, the police were alerted to the incident at about 11.55pm by the National University Hospital (NUH), where the man had been taken for treatment.

"A bullet slug was lodged in the man's left lower back," the police reportedly said.

"The injury is not life-threatening, and the man is currently in a stable condition, after surgery to remove the bullet slug."

The man had been cycling with friends at around 11.40am in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, betw...