Arrested 3 young men who chased and killed 1 person

A young man in Quang Nam province jumped into the river after being hit by drowning but was then stoned to death by a group of people on the shore.

On the morning of September 18, the Criminal Police Department of Quang Nam Province Police announced that it had just issued an emergency arrest warrant for Le Xuan Duong (born in 1997), Duong Vinh Long (born in 1996) and Pham Huynh Dat (born in 1997, all residing in Tien Canh Commune, Tien Phuoc District, Quang Nam Province) to investigate their involvement in the death of a young man.

Dat, Duong, Long (from left to right) were temporarily detained.

According to the investigation, on the evening of September 15, Nguyen Dinh Phuong (born in 1996, residing in Thanh Tan village, Tien Chau commune, Tien Phuoc district) and some young men from Tien Chau commune were drinking alcohol at a pub on the bank of Tien river (Tien Phuoc district).

At around 9:00 p.m. the same day, two young men in Phuong's group, Nguyen Phuc Quang and Nguyen Van Son, had a conflict with Dat and Tran Van Su (living in Tien An commune, Tien Phuoc district).

Dat then called his group, Duong, Long and some other young men who were drinking, to "settle the matter". At this time, Son also called his group to "talk" to Dat's group.

However, because Dat's group was larger, Son's group ran away. Seeing Phuong running down the strip of land along the foot of the embankment adjacent to the riverbed, Long, Dat, and Duong immediately chased after her. Phuong ran a short distance, then jumped down and swam to the other side of the Tien River.

When Phuong was swimming about 4 meters from the shore, Long picked up 2 rocks and threw them at Phuong. Dat also threw 2 rocks at Phuong, and Duong threw 1 rock at Phuong.

At around 3:00 p.m. on September 16, local residents and authorities discovered Phuong's body in the Tien River./.

According to Laborer