Arrest of the subject who stabbed to death the deputy chief of commune police
Khanh Vinh District Police (Khanh Hoa) arrested Ho Minh Dat, the suspect who stabbed to death the Deputy Chief of Commune Police while Dat was hiding in a relative's house.
Previously, around the end of June 2022, Ho Minh Dat, in Bac Song Giang village, Khanh Trung commune, had his motorbike temporarily detained by the Khanh Thanh commune police, in the same Khanh Vinh district, for violating traffic laws.Road Traffic Law.
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Subject Ho Minh Dat |
On the afternoon of July 9, Ho Minh Dat broke into the warehouse of Khanh Thanh Commune Police to take the motorbike home. Discovering the incident, Senior Lieutenant Hoang Van Yen - Deputy Chief of Khanh Thanh Commune Police and two commune police officers coordinated with Khanh Trung Commune Police to go to Dat's house and worked with Dat's parents to take the violating motorbike home for handling according to regulations.
After that, Dat secretly followed the motorbike. On the way to bring the offending motorbike to Khanh Thanh Commune Medical Station, Dat approached Senior Lieutenant Hoang Van Yen and stabbed him with a knife. Due to the seriousness of his injuries, Senior Lieutenant Hoang Van Yen passed away on the evening of July 9.
After committing the crime, Ho Minh Dat quickly left the scene and was surrounded and arrested by the police. It is known that Dat is deaf and mute. The Investigation Police Agency is currently completing the file and initiating the case.