Arrested suspect who threw acid at two female students out of jealousy

On the evening of October 15, the leader of District 9 Police, Ho Chi Minh City confirmed that after conducting an investigation, the police force had arrested the suspect who threw acid on two female students of Ho Chi Minh City College of Industry and Trade.

The suspect, Le Thanh Sang (18 years old, residing in District 9), is the one who used acid to splash on Vu Thi H. and Nguyen Thuy V. (18 years old, both from Ba Ria - Vung Tau, a first-year student at Ho Chi Minh City College of Industry and Trade). District 9 police have detained Sang and are searching for his accomplice who committed this act.

Ms. H. is being treated by doctors at the hospital.

Earlier, at around 12 noon the same day, Ms. H. drove Ms. V. home on a motorbike to the Tang Long bridge area, Tang Nhon Phu A Ward, District 9. These two female students were overtaken by two young men on a motorbike and had acid thrown in their faces.

Ms. H. and V. were taken to Thu Duc General Hospital for emergency treatment. H. suffered second and third degree burns to the cornea and conjunctiva of her left eye; burns to her head, face, right hand, left ear, etc. The prognosis for her injuries was very severe, with the risk of affecting her vision. V. suffered lighter burns to her face and some other areas of her body.

On her hospital bed, Ms. H. recounted that Ms. H. and Sang went to the same school and had a romantic relationship. However, Sang was often unreasonably jealous and controlled all of Ms. H.'s activities, so she took the initiative to break up.

However, Sang did not accept and often called and texted Ms. H. with threatening words. Sang also texted implying that he would post the intimate clip between the two of them online if Ms. H. did not get back together with Sang. However, because the above clips were just normal photos of the two of them when they were dating, Ms. H. did not pay attention to them.

Unable to hold on to their love, Sang continuously tried every means to get Ms. H. to come back to him. He even used weapons to force Ms. H. to confide in him or forced her to go to a deserted place to threaten her. However, Ms. H. was still determined not to come back to Sang. That's why Sang committed the acid attack.

According to CAND