On-duty Vietnamese cop killed while restraining man from rioting
Saturday, January 13, 2024, 13:43 GMT+7
A police officer in Thua Thien Hue Province, central Vietnam was stabbed to death while he was on duty to restrain a local man from running riot in a public location on Friday.
The deceased police officer is Tran Duy Hung, deputy chief of the police division in Thuy Van Ward, Hue City, the provincial People’s Procuracy told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspapers on the same day.
The suspected criminal was identified as Nguyen Tan Sang, 24, a native of Hue City.
Earlier on the day, after being notified that Sang was causing a disturbance on Le Duc Anh Street, Hung rushed to the scene to deal with the troublemaker, who later stabbed Hung with a pointed object.
Consequently, Hung succumbed to severe injuries.
Other police officers then managed to put Sang under control.
The local police unit had previously called on local inhabitants to keep a watchful eye on Sang, who was found to have shown signs of mental health issues and frequently caused affrays in the area.
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