Emergency arrest of murder suspect due to conflict from Game
Believing that Hai had stolen his account information and appropriated 7 to 8 million VND from a game, Minh took a knife and slashed him to death.
On January 31, Pho Yen Town Police, Thai Nguyen, announced that they had arrested Nguyen Van Minh (born in 1993), permanent resident of Dong Tien Ward, Pho Yen Town, in an emergency to investigate the act of "murder" just 1 hour after the subject...commit crime.
According to initial investigation, at about 3:30 p.m. on January 30, 2021, after verifying the report of the people in the area of 47m road in Hoang Thanh residential area, Dong Tien ward, Pho Yen town, an incident occurred with signs of "Murder".
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Subject Minh at the investigation agency. |
Upon receiving the report, using professional measures to investigate the perpetrator, just 1 hour after committing the crime, Nguyen Van Minh was arrested by the town police along with the crime evidence while hiding in Dong Tien ward.
At the investigation agency, Minh confessed that on January 27, 2021, Nguyen Van Hai (born in 1993, residing in Ha Vu 2 hamlet, Van Phai commune) and Nguyen Van Minh (born in 1993, residing in Thanh Trung residential group, Dong Tien ward) played the "NAGEVIP" slot game together.
While playing the game, Minh claimed that Hai had stolen his account information and appropriated 7-8 million VND. Hai also told Minh to go home and pawn his family's motorbike to get money to redeem the phone that Hai had previously pawned.
Thinking he was being scammed, at around 3:00 p.m. on January 30, Minh made an appointment to meet Hai at the edge of a 47-meter road, in Hoang Thanh Residential Area, Dong Tien Ward, to talk.
However, after failing to resolve the conflict, Minh immediately took out a sickle-shaped knife from the pineapple sack that had been prepared earlier and chased Hai to stab him. As a result, Hai was slashed twice in the back, left and right, penetrating his lungs.
Hai was then taken to the emergency room by local people, but died at Yen Binh General Hospital due to severe injuries. It is worth mentioning that before committing the crime, Minh had prepared 3 sickle-shaped knives, a sharp knife and a machete-shaped knife at the above location.
At the police station, Minh confessed all his crimes.
Currently, the case is being further investigated and clarified by the Investigation Police Agency - Provincial Police./.