Searching the suspect's house, police lieutenant was stabbed in the chest
While searching the drug suspect's house, a male police officer was stabbed in the chest by the suspect's husband and then fled.
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| Colonel Dinh Tien Quan - Director of Lao Cai Provincial Police (2nd from right) visits Lieutenant Doan Van Minh who was injured while searching the house of a drug suspect. |
Initial information, on the morning of June 14, Binh Minh Ward Police (Lao Cai City) arrested a number of subjects buying and selling drugs. Through the investigation, the person involved confessed to buying drugs from Pham Thi Giang (residing in Binh Minh Ward, Lao Cai City).
At around 3:00 p.m. on June 14, Lieutenant Doan Van Minh and eight officers and soldiers from Binh Minh Ward Police arrived at Giang's residence to execute a search warrant. While the police were carrying out the necessary procedures, Nguyen Tien Thanh (born in 1976, Giang's husband) threatened and insulted the officers with a knife. While trying to persuade Thanh to drop his weapon, Lieutenant Minh was stabbed in the left chest by Thanh.
Immediately afterwards, his teammates took Lieutenant Minh to the emergency room and assigned someone to stay behind to continue negotiating with Thanh. However, he did not let anyone near him and fled.
After more than 3 hours of emergency treatment, Lieutenant Minh is out of danger. Doctors determined that the knife wound hit his liver, tore his diaphragm, just a few centimeters from his heart. The male police officer is currently receiving special care.
Previously, 3 months ago, while on duty, Lieutenant Minh and other officers and soldiers in the task force came to deal with a mentally ill subject causing public disorder and asking for money from tourists. The subject slashed his neck, causing blood to spurt into Lieutenant Minh's eyes, nose, and mouth. The incident caused him to be exposed to HIV and had to take medication for 6 months.
