Brawl after wedding party leaves 8 injured.
A group of wedding guests got into an argument with a group of local youths, which escalated into stabbing and slashing, leaving eight people injured.
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| A group of people from Binh Duong were detained by police after going to the hospital to have their wounds bandaged, on the afternoon of December 5th. Photo: An Phu |
On December 5th, Bui Quoc Quan, 31 years old, drove a 16-seater car carrying 9 friends (aged 22-39) from Binh Duong province to Nui Sap town, Thoai Son district, An Giang province to attend a friend's wedding.
During the party, something happened among the people in this group.conflictwith Tran Minh Triet (36 years old) and Nguyen Hoang Tan (34 years old), both residing in the same locality.
At around 3 PM, after leaving the wedding, Quân's group clashed with Triết and Tân. Both sides chased and attacked each other with machetes. Triết suffered a fractured skull, while Tân sustained multiple injuries. Quân's group then fled in a car towards Bình Dương.
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| A car carrying a group of tourists from Binh Duong was stopped by a group of local youths who smashed its windows. Photo: An Phu |
About an hour later, while the car was traveling on National Highway 91, through My Thoi ward, Long Xuyen city (40 km from the initial scene), it was chased and stopped by nine young men on five motorbikes carrying various weapons. They smashed the windows, stabbed and slashed, injuring six people inside the car before fleeing. The incident caused chaos along the road.
Those who were attacked went to a hospital in Long Xuyen City to have their wounds bandaged. Police later arrived and arrested them, and are searching for those involved to conduct an investigation.
