Husband beats wife to death with stick then drinks weed killer
A conflict occurred at night, Tin used a wooden stick to hit his wife on the head, leading to her death, then drank weed killer and committed suicide.
The incident happened at around 2:00 a.m. on August 8, in Bua hamlet (Trung Thanh commune, Da Bac district, Hoa Binh province).
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According to a police leader of Trung Thanh commune, at that time, Xa Van Tin (born in 1979, residing in Bua hamlet) had a conflict with his wife, Luong Thi Thao (born in 1979, residing in the same hamlet). At this time, Tin used a wooden stick to hit Thao on the head, causing the victim to die in the bedroom, then drank weed killer to commit suicide.
In the morning of the same day, Xa Van Tin's father went to his house to discover the incident and reported it to local authorities. Upon receiving the report, authorities arrived at the scene to investigate the cause of the incident.
Immediately afterwards, Tin was taken to Hoa Binh General Hospital for emergency treatment and died that same morning.It is known that Mr. Tin went to work abroad and just returned home about 3 months ago. After that, he went to work far away from home and only returned on August 5 when the incident happened.
Tin and his wife have a son in 7th grade and an older daughter who is now married and living on her own.
The cause of the incident is still being investigated.
