Murder

A man in Hanoi has been sentenced to death for murdering his girlfriend after the victim insisted on breaking up with him.

The municipal People’s Court imposed the capital punishment upon Le Van Chung, 39, during a trial on Thursday afternoon.

The indictment showed that Chung has a wife and children, but the couple chose to separate due to some conflicts.

In 2019, Chung started a romantic relationship with D.T.T.B., a 39-year-old divorced mother of three.

Chung, B., and her children moved in together at a tenanted house on Quan Hoa Street in Cau Giay District in August 2020.

They also opened a spa at the location.

B. later caught Chung having an affair with another woman and insisted on breaking up with him despite the man’s plea for forgiveness.

Chung became upset and stabbed his girlfriend to death before stabbing himself on the night of October 17.

The two were rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment after one of B.’s children discovered the incident.

Chung was arrested for murder on October 30.

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The People’s Procuracy of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho said on Tuesday that it was working with the municipal police to investigate a case where a Vietnamese man had killed his wife and 11-month-old daughter before committing suicide by jumping off a tall building.

According to the initial investigation records, Nguyen Thi Tuyet Nhung, a local woman, reported to the local police that she had found 22-year-old V.T.N.A. and 11-month-old D.N.Q. lying dead with several cuts on their bodies in the bathroom of a rental room in Can Tho’s Cai Rang District at around 6:20 pm on April 26.

Later, the police received another report of a man’s jumping to his death at Tay Nguyen Plaza in the same district.

The functional forces then verified that the man was Dang Ngoc Khanh, 28, from northern Phu Tho Province, who was also A.’s husband and Q.’s father.

Khanh and his wife and daughter had relocated to Can Tho at the beginning of 2021 and earned a living from working as a Grab motorbike partner since then.

He previously had a drink with A.’s father on the afternoon of April 26 before returning to his small family’s rental room and picking a quarrel with his wife.

While A. was giving their toddler a bath in the bathroom, Khanh suddenly used a knife to slash both the wife and daughter to death.

After committing the murder, Khanh went to a high floor of Tay Nguyen Plaza to end his life by jumping off the building.

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A man from Vietnam’s Central Highlands has been indicted for stabbing his friend to death after the victim wanted to leave a drinking party to check on his pregnant wife.

The People’s Procuracy in Ea Kar District, Dak Lak Province confirmed on Thursday it had issued an indictment against Do Viet Duong, 38, who was charged for murder.

The indictment showed that Duong invited Nguyen Xuan Quyet, 36, Le Van Cuong, 35, and some other friends to his house to drink alcohol on December 16.

While most attendees left at 9:00 pm, Duong, Quyet, and Cuong stayed to continue their party.

They moved to the café that Duong’s family operates on the premises of the house to drink beer and sing karaoke.

Cuong left at around 11:00 pm, and Quyet also said he needed to go home to check on his pregnant wife.

Duong insisted that Quyet stay, before throwing away the latter’s motorbike key.

He then took out a knife from his car and threatened his friend.

Quyet came closer as he thought Duong was just joking, and ended up be stabbed in the left chest.

The victim passed away on his way to the hospital.

Meanwhile, Duong stayed at his home and later threw away the murder weapon in another location.

Officers said Duong had had several criminal records prior to the stabbing.

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Police in Vietnam’s Binh Duong Province are offering VND100 million (US$4,300) to anyone who can provide information that leads to the capture of a man who killed a local dentist early this week.

The criminal police under the provincial Department of Public Security announced the cash reward on Wednesday evening, two days after 33-year-old P.V.T., a dentist of a private clinic, was stabbed by a man during an attempted motorbike theft.

The fatal assault occurred at around 10:00 pm on Tuesday at a local pool hall near the dentist’s, when the victim saw a man attempting to steal a motorcycle parked in front of the dental clinic, located on D37 Street in the Viet Sing residential area, An Phu Ward, Thuan An City.

T. then ran back to his clinic to stop the man from stealing the vehicle.

The thief then stabbed the dentist.

After the stabbing, the attacker fled the scene on a motorbike driven by his accomplice.

The victim was taken to hospital for emergency aid but did not survive.

Security camera footage of the event depicts the murderer as a 1.7-meter-tall man in a dark green T-shirt, blue jeans, black shoes, a black cap, and a blue medical mask.

Local police are seeking help from the public in their hunt for the murderer by asking anyone with information about the killer or his whereabouts to step forward and report their findings to police officers.

Police will protect any informants by keeping their personal identity absolutely confidential, the department said, adding that anyone who can provide information that leads to the capture of the perpetrator will be rewarded with VND100 million.

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A sixth-grade girl pulled a handgun from a backpack at her eastern Idaho school on Thursday and opened fire, hitting two fellow students and a member of school staff and inflicting non-life-threatening injuries on them, officials said.

The girl was disarmed by a teacher at Rigby Middle School in Rigby, Idaho, a remote community about 270 miles (435 km) east of Boise, and held until law enforcement arrived, Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson said. Her name and exact age weren’t immediately released.

“She fired multiple rounds inside of the school and out,” Anderson said at a news conference. “We don’t have a lot of details of why. That is being investigated.”

Students were sent home with their parents immediately after the shootings and classes will be canceled on Friday, Jefferson School District Superintendent Chad Martin said.

“This is the worst nightmare any school district could ever face,” said Martin. “We prepare for it and we’re never truly ready for it.”

Several law enforcement agencies are involved in the investigation of the shooting, which happened shortly after 9 a.m. local time, Jefferson County Sheriff Anderson said. Local media had previously reported that a male student was taken into custody after the shooting.

Depending on the outcome of the investigation, Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Taylor said charges against the girl could include three counts of attempted murder.

None of the gunshot wounds were life-threatening, Michael Lemon, trauma director at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center said.

“They could be so much worse,” Lemon said. “We feel absolutely blessed.”

The school staff member was treated and released for his injury, while the two students were being kept overnight for observation, he said.

Idaho Governor Brad Little issued a brief statement shortly after the incident.

“Thank you to our law enforcement agencies and school leaders for their efforts in responding to the incident,” Little said on Twitter. “I am staying updated on the situation.”