5 disastrous child kidnapping misconceptions
(Baonghean.vn) - Recently, due to suspicions of child kidnapping, people in many places have assaulted and destroyed the property of many people, causing public outrage.
1. Two women were brutally beaten by villagers while selling toothpicks on the street on suspicion of kidnapping children.
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While selling toothpicks, two women were brutally assaulted by men suspected of being child kidnappers. |
On the afternoon of July 22, a video appeared on social media about two elderly women selling toothpicks who were unfortunately mistaken for kidnapping children and were captured and brutally beaten by people in Zone 1, Phu Minh Commune (Soc Son District, Hanoi). Immediately after the video was posted on social media, it received the attention of many people.
CMr. AnSoc Son district, Hin Hanoipromptly sent a working group to the scene to take the two women to Soc Son General Hospital for examination and treatment; at the same time, took statements from related people, determining that both of them did not kidnap children..
2. People burned a director's car because of suspicion of hypnotizing and kidnapping children.
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The car of a group of strangers was burned and lying in a rice field. |
NgJuly 21, 2017, in Dong Hoi village (Hong Lac commune, Thanh Ha district, Hai Duong), a business director and his friend went to the house of Mr. Pham Dac Bac (born in 1984) to buy wooden furniture, but the villagers suspected them of hypnotizing and kidnapping children. The incident became serious when the two men were arrested by the villagers and their car was burned down.
The leader of Thanh Ha District People's Committee confirmed that the information about child kidnapping is incorrect.
3. People surrounded and arrested 2 suspects of kidnapping children in Quang Binh
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Mr. Dao Dinh Vinh had to be hospitalized for treatment due to assault. |
At around 8am on July 5, 2017, people in Village 8, Quang Phong Ward (Ba Don Town) discovered two strange men, going from house to house asking for mosquito spray. Suspecting that they were child kidnappers, some people shouted and hundreds of people rushed out and surrounded the two strangers.
Many extremists rushed in to punch and kick these two people, causing injuries all over their bodies. The injured man said his name was Dao Dinh Vinh (45 years old, from Hai Duong). The person with him was named Hung, from the same hometown.
Upon receiving the news, the town police promptly arrived to rescue the two men and took them to the police station to clarify the incident.
4. Two young men looking for jobs in Bac Ninh were surrounded and beaten by dozens of people because they thought they were... kidnapping children.
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Two young men were surrounded and beaten by villagers and escorted to the police station. |
On July 7, 2017, a clip was posted on social media showing two young men kidnapping a 7-year-old girl. People surrounded and beat them up, arresting them. The incident occurred in Yen Trung commune (Yen Phong - Bac Ninh).
However, the police confirmed that the two young men went to apply for a job at the child's family, but did not see the child's father at home, so they asked the child to take them to the child's father to submit their application. One of the two young men was also related to the child's family. However, some people saw the child getting into the car but no relatives were home, and suspected that he was kidnapping a child, so they surrounded and detained him.
After clarifying the incident, the family wrote a commitment letter asking for the two young men to return home. The two young men also refused to go for a medical examination because they were beaten by some people because it was just a misunderstanding and they only suffered minor injuries.
5. The truth about the clip of "child being drugged and kidnapped" in Da Nang
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People hold the baby because they suspect he was kidnapped (photo cut from clip) |
On July 16, 2017, a clip of more than 5 minutes was circulated online. Accordingly, the clip shows people holding a baby and not returning the baby to a woman, because they suspect that this woman has given the baby sleeping pills to kidnap...
However, later, Da Nang City Police said that this woman had full documents proving that the child in the clip was hers and not kidnapped as spread online.
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