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Vietnamese shoots man to death at red light over jealousy

Vietnamese shoots man to death at red light over jealousy

Sunday, June 25, 2017, 11:32 GMT+7

The person who shot dead a man while the latter was waiting at a red light in the south-central Vietnamese province of Khanh Hoa has claimed that he committed the murder out of jealousy.

Huynh Ut Viet, 33, turned himself in to police officers in the south-central province of Binh Thuan on Saturday evening after fatally shooting Nguyen Van Thien in Dien Khanh District, Khanh Hoa, on the morning of the same day.

Viet was later transferred to the police department in Khanh Hoa for further investigation.

Initial statements showed that Viet, residing in Ham Chinh Commune, Ham Thuan Bac District, Binh Thuan, is married with three children between three and ten years old.

Due to continuous conflicts, Viet’s wife decided to leave their house in Binh Thuan for Nha Trang, a popular beach city in Khanh Hoa, three months ago, where she runs a coffee shop to earn a living.

Viet has several times brought their children to Nha Trang to convince his wife to return home, to no avail.

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Huynh Ut Viet is held at the police station in this photo provided by officers.

After keeping track of his wife’s new life, Viet discovered she had a boyfriend, who was Thien, and later found out where the man lived.

On Friday evening, Viet brought his children to a relative in Binh Thuan before setting off for Khanh Hoa on his motorbike, bringing along a home-made gun.

The man followed Thien the next morning and shot him in the head while stopping at a red light on National Highway 1 in Dien Khanh District at around 6:20 am.

Thien fell to the ground and died on the scene. The gunman immediately fled on his motorbike, while passers-by were still too shocked to know what had happened.

Officers later found the gun, measuring 20cm long, that Viet left at the scene.

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