Vietnam police identify foreigner who died in Da Lat resort town
Monday, January 19, 2015, 10:47 GMT+7
Vietnamese police have identified the foreign man who was found dead hanging from a tree on a mountain in the Central Highlands tourist city of Da Lat on Saturday as a Russian national.
Police officers in Da Lat on Sunday afternoon said the dead man was Rubpeov Aleksand, 36, of Russian nationality, according to Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper.
About a month ago, the foreigner arrived in Da Lat and stayed at the H.B Hotel on Truong Cong Dinh Street.
The man left the hotel on January 11 and was not seen until his body was found hanging from a pine tree on Hon Bo Mountain in Ward 12, about 12 km away from the heart of the city, on Saturday evening.
Locals who discovered the body reported their finding to police, who then took the foreigner’s body down from the tree, examined the scene, and launched an investigation into the death.
The body was transported to Cho Ray Hospital’s Forensic Medicine Center in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday, pending procedures for a handover to Russia.
Competent agencies are coordinating with the Russian Embassy in Vietnam to handle the case.
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