Rescuing a 2-month-old baby girl who was held to death by her stoned father
After more than 5 hours of persuasion, the police took advantage of the moment when the stoned man was distracted to control him and rescue the 2-month-old baby girl.
The Investigation Police Agency of Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City said that they are temporarily detaining Tran Van Tu (born in 1990, residing in Tan Kien Commune, Binh Chanh District) to take a statement and clarify the act of holding his 2-month-old daughter and barricading himself, causing danger to her.
According to initial information, on the morning of February 7, the third day of Tet, people living along National Highway 1 - near Nguyen Van Linh roundabout in Tan Tuc town, Binh Chanh district - saw Tu wandering around with a little girl, holding a knife in his hand, acting unusually.
When people tried to stop him, Tu swung the knife around, held it to his own neck, and hugged the little girl tightly. Seeing that the girl was in danger, people called the police. The little girl was Tu's child, only 2 months old.
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Upon receiving the news, the Binh Chanh District Police arrived promptly. When the police tried to persuade him, Tu put a knife to his neck, challenging them to commit suicide if the police came.
Lieutenant Colonel Tran Duc Thang - Deputy Chief of Binh Chanh District Police was present at the scene to direct the handling of the incident. A moment later, Tu took his child and went into a coffee shop along Highway 1 to defend himself.
There, Tu hit himself on the head with a glass, then grabbed a knife and hugged his child tightly. For 2 hours, Tu stubbornly hugged his child tightly and said he wanted to go to the police station to explain his reasons. The police force arranged for a local militia to use a motorbike to take Tu to the Binh Chanh Commune Police Station, Binh Chanh District.
When arriving at the police station, Tu was stubborn, still holding the knife, refusing to let go of his child and asking to explain, demanding that the police commit not to arrest him. After more than 5 hours of the incident, the police took advantage of Tu's carelessness to take the knife, restrain him and rescue the child.
Initially, the authorities determined that Tu was high on drugs. According to the police, Tu was an orphan and grew up in an orphanage. He currently has no stable job and at the time of the incident, his wife’s whereabouts were unknown.
