Three reckless young men entered the school and beat the teacher.

On the afternoon of January 25, 2018, Tan Ky District People's Court tried the criminal case against Nguyen Van Thanh (born 1998) and Le Van Quan (born 1998) for disturbing public order.and Hoang Quang Truong (born 1995)for the crime of resisting a public official.

According to the indictment, at about 2:00 p.m. on November 13, 2017, Thanh, Truong, and Quan, all residing in Giai Xuan commune, Tan Ky district, went to the "Dong Noi" Karaoke bar in Nghia Thai commune, Tan Ky district to sing Karaoke.

At 2:30 p.m. the same day, Thanh drove a motorbike with license plate number 37N1-029.28 carrying Quan to Le Loi High School located in Tan Phu commune, Tan Ky district to invite student Pham Thi Tr. to go sing karaoke.

Three defendants at trial. Photo: Nguyen Tran

Upon entering Le Loi High School, Thanh and Quan revved the engine, honked the horn, and drove their motorbikes around the school yard. At that time, there were 28 classes in the school, all in the first period of the afternoon.

Teacher Tong Tat Duong - Vice Principal, directed teacher Nguyen Van Giap - Secretary of the School Youth Union, a member of the Security Board of Le Loi High School, to resolve the above incident.

When Mr. Giap left, Thanh and Quan had already driven to the school gate. Mr. Giap called Mr. Nguyen Van Suu (school security guard) to lock the gate to prevent Thanh and Quan from going out to resolve the matter, and at the same time called the Tan Phu Commune Police to come and resolve the matter.

Mr. Giap went to the school gate to meet Thanh and Quan, introduced himself as the person in charge of discipline and security at Le Loi High School and asked Thanh and Quan to stay and wait for the Tan Phu Commune Police, Tan Ky District to come and handle the situation.

Mr. Giap refused to open the door, Thanh picked up a red brick and threw it into the yard, breaking it. Then Thanh and Quan each picked up half of the brick and held it in their hands to threaten Mr. Giap. But when Mr. Giap and Mr. Suu advised them to stop, Thanh and Quan threw the brick away.

A moment later, Thanh opened the trunk again, took out a 15cm long knife and held it in his hand to threaten, but Mr. Giap persistently advised him so Thanh put the knife in the trunk.

Truong waited and did not see Thanh and Quan arrive so he went to Le Loi High School to look for them. When he arrived, he saw that the school gate was closed. Truong saw Thanh and Quan standing with Mr. Giap in front of the security room. Truong heard and knew what was happening and insulted Mr. Giap, then picked up a brick in his hand and climbed over the school gate to threaten Mr. Giap.

Seeing Truong's aggressive attitude, Mr. Giap hugged him to control him, but Truong used a brick to hit him on the head and the back of his neck, injuring Mr. Giap.

At that time, some teachers and nearly 150 students from 4 classes had to stop studying and run to support Mr. Giap. Among them, Nguyen Van Tai, a student of class 12A8, tried to stop Truong but was hit in the forehead by Thanh with half a brick, injuring Tai and requiring emergency treatment at Tan Phu commune health station, then transferred to Nghe An 115 Hospital for treatment.

Tan Phu Commune Police arrived at the scene in time, restrained and arrested Truong and handed him over to Tan Ky District Police for handling. Thanh and Quan fled.

At 7:30 p.m. the same day, the Investigation Police Agency of Tan Ky District Police arrested Nguyen Van Thanh and Le Van Quan in Tan Phu Commune, Tan Ky District.

After the incident, Truong compensated Mr. Giap 1,640,000 VND.and Thanh's family compensated Tai 11,640,000 VND.,Currently, Mr. Giap and Tai do not request any further compensation.

Previously, on December 22, 2015, Thanh was sentenced by the People's Court of Tan Ky district to 12 months of non-custodial reform (Currently has completed the sentence, but the criminal record has not been cleared).

At the investigation agency, Nguyen Van Thanh, Le Van Quan, and Hoang Quang Truong confessed to all their crimes in accordance with the collected documents and evidence.

At the end of the trial, the panel sentenced Thanh to 18 months in prison; Quan to 6 months in prison, suspended for 12 months, and Truong to 9 months in prison, suspended for 18 months.