How did the terrorist place explosives in the police headquarters?

On the afternoon of July 5, Ho Chi Minh City Police identified Vu Hoang Nam (22 years old) as the person who directly caused the explosion at Ward 12 Police Station, Tan Binh District. He andNguyen Khanh (54 years old),Nguyen Tan Thanh (28 years old, Khanh's son) andDuong Ba Giang (47 years old) was prosecuted forbehaviorTerrorism aimed at overthrowing the people's government.

In connection with the case, Nguyen Trung Truc (36 years old), Nguyen Minh Nhat (27 years old) and Nguyen Khac Sinh Nhat (37 years old) were accused ofIllegal trading of explosives.

Electrical bomb exploded earlier than planned

During the investigation into the explosion at the police headquarters of Ward 12, Tan Binh District, on Truong Chinh Street on the afternoon of June 20, Ho Chi Minh City Police determined that the group of perpetrators intended to carry out a terrorist attack to cause panic and fear among the people. Their targets were government offices and the private homes of leaders.

To carry out the act, Khanh and his son asked Giang (a freelance mechanic)make many detonators,radio remote control. Then Khanh gave2 explosivesfor Men, requestattack any police headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City.

After a period of monitoring, NamSelect the reception area of ​​Ward 12 Police Station, Tan Binh District byheadquartersLocated on a major road with lots of traffic, there will be many opportunities to escape.

That day,Nam and his accomplices pretended to be civilians coming to work and asked to use the restroom inside the headquarters to place explosives.The second bomb had just been planted when it suddenly exploded, causing the other one to explode as well. Nam ran away but was still injured in the face by shrapnel. However, he managed to get to his accomplice's car and escape.

The explosion injured 3 officers, caused large cracks and collapses in many walls, and damaged many motorbikes. In addition to arresting 8 people, the authorities also seized 38 detonators, 8 homemade explosives, 10 kg of TNT...

"They chose a place to meet people to detonate explosives, which is an act of"Extremely ungrateful," Major General Phan Anh Minh (Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Police) commented.

How do anti-state organizations attract people?

General Minh said,Khanh has a criminal record, related to a meteorite fraud case in Dong Nai. In 2013, when the State sought opinions on a draft law, he expressed his opposition, connecting with a groupreactionaries abroadsocial network.

Khanh was appointed Governor of Dong Nai Autonomous Region by Ngo Hung (who claimed to be the Commander-in-Chief of the reactionary group of the Viet Nguyen Dynasty, currently in the US). Thanh was promoted to the rank of Major General.

Nam was also lured into joining the anti-government organization after expressing his dissatisfaction. He participated in many protests and disturbances in the center of Ho Chi Minh City, especially on June 10.

According toMr. Minh, on June 10, 16 and 17, the authorities were able to disperse a call for a very large-scale demonstration. The investigation agency had anticipated the possibility that reactionary groups would carry out sabotage activities in the form of "lone wolves" - individual terrorist attacks.

"This trick not only happens in Vietnam but is also a concern for many countries around the world. In Ho Chi Minh City, the authorities have increased security and monitored almost all of the activities of these groups," General Minh said, adding that the police are hunting for at least three people involved.

The three farmers in Dak Mil district, Dak Nong province who sold explosives to Khanh and his father said they bought the explosives from Laos to dig wells and ponds and did not know that Khanh was using them for terrorism and sabotage.

The case is under further investigation.