Funeral killer sentenced to death

On June 19, the People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City assessed that Mai Huu Tam's (31 years old) behavior was hooliganism, causing especially serious consequences... so he was sentenced to death for the crime.Killing, forced to compensate nearly 680 million VND to the victim's family.

According to the indictment, on the evening of September 16, 2016, Linh (Tam’s friend) went to Nhan’s house in Binh Tan district to attend the funeral. After drinking a few bottles of beer, he argued with some people at the same table and went out to the alley entrance to curse.

Tam was riding his SH motorbike by, heard his friend's story and got angry, so he grabbed a knife and rushed into the funeral to stab people. Mr. Nhan ran out to stop him, but was stabbed in the chest by the man. The victim was taken to the emergency room but died.

After committing the crime, Tam fled and was only arrested after more than half a year. The case was brought to trial but the file was later returned, requesting further investigation.

In court today, Tam testified that he had no conflict with the victim and that he had only stabbed randomly in self-defense that day, not intentionally causing Nhan’s death. However, the victim’s family and witnesses asserted that the defendant intended to stab the homeowner multiple times with a knife.