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Police arrest dozens in armed gang fight in southern Vietnam

Police arrest dozens in armed gang fight in southern Vietnam

Friday, February 16, 2018, 12:29 GMT+7

Police in Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province captured nearly 30 men on Thursday evening for their involvement in a violent gang fight at a local entertainment facility.

The armed gang members put up a five-hour standoff with police officers before being arrested.

According to eyewitnesses, the clash broke out at around 6:30 pm on Thursday at the Bien Hoa Game and Entertainment Center in Bien Hoa City, when a few dozens men arrived at the facility in cars and started attacking those working inside.

The attackers, one of whom was a foreign national, were identified by police officers as members of a criminal gang who had come all the way from Ho Chi Minh City.

Gunshots were heard during the swift ambush, after which the men retreated to the top floor of the building to hold their ground.

Around a hundred men from the Bien Hoa-based gang were quickly called to the scene for a retaliation attack, who surrounded the building and vandalized the Ho Chi Minh City gang’s cars.

The scene of the gang fight in Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province February 15, 2018. Clip: Tuoi Tre

Hundreds of local police officers arrived to disperse the fight, but was met with violent resistance from the men inside the game center.

At least one officer was injured during the standoff, which lasted until past 11:00 pm, according to observations by a Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reporter.

Nearly 30 men were arrested and taken outside the game center after over five hours of resistance, as the gang members outside the building had retreated upon seeing police officers.

Bien Hoa police are looking into the cause of the fight as well as working to identify those involved in the violent clash.

A police officer inspects a car of the gang from Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tuoi Tre
A police officer inspects a car of the gang from Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tuoi Tre
Hundreds of police officers are dispatched to disperse an armed gang fight at a game center in Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province February 15, 2018. Photo: Tuoi Tre
Hundreds of police officers were dispatched to disperse an armed gang fight at a game center in Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province, February 15, 2018. Photo: Tuoi Tre
Gang members are taken away on police cars after their arrest in Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province February 15, 2018. Photo: Tuoi Tre
Gang members are taken away in a police car after their arrest in Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province February 15, 2018. Photo: Tuoi Tre
Hundreds of police officers are dispatched to disperse an armed gang fight at a game center in Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province February 15, 2018. Photo: Tuoi Tre
Hundreds of police officers were dispatched to disperse an armed gang fight at a game center in Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province, February 15, 2018. Photo: Tuoi Tre

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