Using a water pump all night, found the body of a young man in the lake
(Baonghean.vn) - This morning the body of victim Vo Van X. residing in Hoa Hai block, Tan Lac town (Quy Chau district) was found at the bottom of the lake after his family used a pump to suck up water all night.
The victim's family said that Vo Van X. (born in 1990) left home early in the morning of February 20 (the 5th day of Tet). By the afternoon of the same day, the family had tried every means to contact him, even using social media to search for him, but to no avail.
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| Victim Vo Van X. Photo: Family provided |
Previously, at around 1:30 a.m. on February 20, Quy Chau District Police organized a raid to arrest a gambling group in Hanh Tien village, Chau Hanh commune (Quy Chau). According to witnesses, X. was one of the people in this group, so his family contacted the police to find X.
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| The lake where the incident occurred. Photo: Family provided |
However, it was only when the police confirmed that X. was not among those detained that the family members began to search in panic. Late in the afternoon of February 20, people discovered the victim's clothes and some belongings floating on the surface of the lake in Chau Hanh village (where the gambling took place).
Mobilizing water pumps to find the body of victim Vo Van X.
After a night of using a water pump, the victim's body was found this morning.
The incident is being investigated by the authorities.
