A 31-year-old man allegedly murdered his wife and son over a domestic dispute at their home in Hanoi on Saturday morning.

The incident occurred in Buoi Ward, Tay Ho District in the Vietnamese capital, a ward leader confirmed to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Sunday.

The alleged murderer is Quach Van Nam, 31, who lives with his wife Duong Khac H., 21, and their two-year-old son Quach Phu T. on Thuy Khue Street.

At around 9:00 am on Saturday, Nam stabbed H. and T. with a knife multiple times following an argument with the wife, according to local authorities.

His wife and son were pronounced dead on the scene.

Nam’s mother N., who lives in the same house, told Giao Thong (Traffic) newspaper she went to the market that morning and came back home to see her son stumbling out of the house and admitting to having killed his wife and son.

The man then turned himself in to local police, the mother said.

According to their neighbors, Nam was N.’s only son and got married two years ago.

His family lived on the second floor of the three-story house on Thuy Khuy Street, owned by Nam’s 90-year-old grandmother, while the first floor is rented out.

A neighbor told Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper that the married couple had quarreled all the time.

“I thought they were having a row with each other as usual [on Saturday morning]. I did not expect Nam to kill his wife and son,” the neighbor was quoted as saying.

According to police in Buoi Ward, Nam has a criminal record. He has been arrested for the alleged murder of his wife and son.

Murdering two people is punishable by 12 to 20 years in prison, a life sentence, or the capital punishment, according to Vietnam’s 2015 Penal Code.

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