Arrest of suspect in murder of taxi driver in Nghe An

Tien Hung - Cong Kien - Thuy Anh• August 20, 2021 15:40

(Baonghean.vn) - The suspect in the case of a taxi driver whose throat was slit was arrested less than a day after the incident.

On the afternoon of August 20, the leader of Nghe An Provincial Police said: After nearly 18 hours of intense searching, at 10:00 a.m. this morning, July 20, the Special Task Force successfully arrested Nguyen Van Hung (born 1987), residing in Nam Loc commune, Nam Dan district, Nghe An province, a suspect in the previous murder of a taxi driver.

The suspect is currently being taken to the crime scene for reenactment.

The suspect at the investigation agency. Photo: CTV

The task force captured the suspect while he was hiding in Anh Son district. Based on the suspect's testimony, the task force searched for and seized the sharp knife that was the murder weapon in a hill near the scene of the murder. The task force is currently continuing to investigate and clarify the suspect.

Murder weapon. Photo: Thuy Anh

Previously, as reported by Nghe An Newspaper, at around 5:00 p.m. on August 19, some people traveling on National Highway 7B, passing through Tan Hoi village (now Cam Hoa village, Cam Son commune, Anh Son district), were shocked to discover a man lying in a pool of blood. The incident was immediately reported to the police.

Scene of the incident.

At the scene, the victim died with a cut across his neck, a few dozen meters away from the body was a taxi that crashed into the hillside next to the road. The scene of the incident was near a cemetery, far from the residential area. This is the border area between Hung Son and Cam Son communes. The victim was later identified as a taxi driver, residing in Phuc Son commune, Anh Son district. On the driver's seat of the taxi, many blood stains were discovered...

The taxi was 30 meters away from the victim.

Initial assessment is that the taxi driver was attacked while driving, causing him to lose control and crash into a hillside. The victim then tried to open the car door and run away, but collapsed on the side of the road after about 30 meters.