Arrested 28 young men slashing each other at Quan Bau gas station, Vinh city

Through monitoring the situation on social networking sites, the Criminal Police Department and the Provincial Police Command Center discovered a video showing acts of “disturbing public order, intentionally causing injury, intentionally damaging property” that occurred in the early morning of June 8 at the Doi gas station area, Quan Bau ward, Vinh city.

According to the video footage, there were about 9 young men riding 4 motorbikes without license plates carrying weapons such as machetes and beer bottles chasing and fighting each other at the double gas station area in Block 9, Quan Bau ward, Vinh city, resulting in 4 people in the group being injured.

The behavior of these subjects shows hooliganism, aggression, disregard for the law, causing anxiety, confusion, and discontent among the masses, negatively affecting security and order in the area.

As soon as the source of information was discovered, the Criminal Police Department of the Provincial Police sent many working groups to the scene, coordinating with relevant units to verify the incident.

Applying synchronous professional measures, on June 8 and 9, the Criminal Police Department presided over and coordinated with relevant units to simultaneously summon and arrest 28 related subjects belonging to 2 groups residing in Nghi Xuan district (Ha Tinh) and Vinh city, Nam Dan district (Nghe An). Evidence seized and temporarily detained: 9 motorbikes; 1 sword, 1 knife, many pieces of broken beer bottles.

At the Nghe An Provincial Police Investigation Agency, the subjects admitted their crimes. Currently, the Nghe An Provincial Police Investigation Agency (Criminal Police Department) is consolidating documents to prosecute the subjects for the crimes of "disturbing public order, intentionally causing injury, intentionally damaging property".

Also related to the act of "Disturbing public order" caused by groups of teenagers residing in Ha Tinh and Nghe An provinces, before that, on the evening of June 2nd and early morning of June 3rd, a group of dozens of teenagers residing in Nghi Xuan district, Ha Tinh province, carrying many weapons, went to Nghe An province to find groups of teenagers in Vinh city to fight. When arriving at Vinh Center shopping mall, this group of people met a group of people residing in Vinh city and a fight broke out. During the fight, this group of people used weapons to shoot and break 3 tempered glass panels of 3 coffee shops at Vinh Center shopping mall, then the people increased the speed and fled towards Ben Thuy bridge.

Less than 24 hours after the incident, the Criminal Police Department of Nghe An Police presided over and coordinated with Team 373 of the Provincial Police and Truong Thi Ward Police to arrest 16 subjects in 2 groups of teenagers residing in Ha Tinh and Nghe An provinces for the act of "Disturbing public order". The police agency also confiscated and temporarily detained many homemade alcohol guns; swords, slingshots, and 6 motorbikes.