Husband burns wife with gasoline at night, causing shock in poor neighborhood

(Baonghean.vn)- After a drinking party with friends, the husband came home late at night, drunk. Angry, the wife spoke harshly, and then an argument broke out between the two. While drunk, the man used gasoline to set his wife on fire, causing her to suffer severe burns.

Mr. Nguyen Quang Hoa, Chief of Police of Son Hong Commune, Huong Son District (Ha Tinh) said: at around 6:00 a.m. on July 12, the authorities received a report about unusual signs of burns on the body of Ms. Nguyen Thi Than (born in 1986), residing in Hamlet 8.

Mobilizing forces to the scene to check, the police found the motorbike with the rear end burnt, lying in the corner of the garden, in the middle of the yard with black stains from the burn. Suspecting that there were many things that were not right in this incident, the authorities invited the husband, Mr. Le Xuan Viet (born in 1984) to the police station for questioning.

The house where the incident happened

Mrs. Tran Thi Nga (born in 1958, Viet's mother) said with tears in her eyes: "My husband and I did not expect Viet to act so foolishly. Normally, he is a person who loves his wife and children, works hard, and is not that bad. But I don't understand why he behaves like that towards his wife."

Wiping away her tears, this miserable woman recounted that: around 11pm on July 11, while she and her husband were sleeping, they received a phone call from their son asking them to come to the house to take his wife to the emergency room because she was burned. Hearing that, the couple panicked and ran over. Witnessing their severely burned daughter-in-law lying writhing next to the well in front of the yard made them extremely painful. Not far away, the motorbike was also burned to a crisp. Fortunately, the two young children were standing inside the house and were not affected.

Immediately afterwards, Ms. Nga’s husband took his daughter-in-law to the Son Hong Commune Health Station for emergency treatment. Because the family kept the matter a secret, no one noticed the incident. It was only when the head of the Son Hong Commune Health Station noticed many unusual signs that he decided to report it to the authorities. Only then was the incident exposed.

The motorbike was burned at the rear end.

The couple’s 8-year-old eldest daughter, who was still in shock, recounted that that evening, because her father went out to play billiards and drank until late at night, her parents had an argument. Then her father poured gasoline on her mother, then burned the motorbike. Because they were scared, the two children did not dare to go to save their mother. After that, their father called their grandfather to take their mother to the hospital.

It is known that Thuan and her husband have been married for nearly ten years. They have two children together, one boy and one girl. Although they only work in agriculture, thanks to their frugality, they were able to build a fairly spacious wooden house.

Recently, neighbors often saw Mr. Viet indulge in drinking, or hanging out. Many days, he even went out drinking with friends until late at night. Therefore, the couple often had conflicts and arguments. However, the fact that the husband used gasoline to burn his wife, causing her to be severely burned, was something that shocked and astonished the locals.

After the incident, Le Xuan Viet was summoned by the authorities to give his statement. As for the victim, due to the severe burns, after being transferred to Vinh International Hospital by her relatives, that same afternoon, Ms. Thuan was transferred to Hanoi Burn Hospital for treatment.

The incident is currently being investigated and clarified by the authorities.

Long Nguyen