Rushed into the house, restrained the child, and forced the child's parents to give him money.

Addicted to online games, lottery, and debt, Truong Cong Anh broke into Mr. Dinh's house, held a knife to a 6-year-old girl, and forced the couple to give him money.

Truong Cong Anh and evidence of the case - Photo provided by Thanh Hoa Police

On October 28, Thanh Hoa City police are detaining suspect Truong Cong Anh (22 years old, residing in Dong Ve ward, Thanh Hoa city) to investigate the acts of robbery and child restraint.

According to the initial investigation of Thanh Hoa City police, at around 7:00 p.m. on October 27, Truong Cong Anh brought a sharp knife and used a mask to cover his face, breaking into the house of Mr. Nguyen Van Dinh (64 years old, at 265A, Quang Trung 1, Dong Ve ward, Thanh Hoa city) to steal property.

Seeing Nguyen Thi Minh N. (6 years old, Mr. Dinh's youngest daughter) studying on the second floor, Cong Anh rushed in, restrained her, held a knife to her neck, and forced her to go to the bedroom on the third floor.

When he got to Mr. Dinh's bedroom, Cong Anh kicked open the door and forced Mr. Dinh and his wife to give him all their money, otherwise he would harm N.

Fearing that his daughter's life would be affected, Mr. Dinh listened and threw a wad of money worth more than 13 million VND at the subject.

Taking advantage of the moment when the subject was not paying attention, Mr. Dinh rushed forward, knocked Cong Anh down, locked his left arm, grabbed the knife and threw it out the window.

At this time, N. escaped from the control, ran to the door and called for help from neighbors. At the crime scene, the police collected a 30cm long sharp knife, a bunch of money (many denominations) totaling 13.2 million VND.

Lieutenant Colonel Thieu Dinh Thanh - Deputy Head of the Thanh Hoa City Police Investigation Team said that the unit has just ordered the temporary detention of Truong Cong Anh to investigate the act of breaking into a house to kidnap children and threatening to appropriate property.

At the police station, Cong Anh confessed that because he was addicted to online games, lottery, and had a lot of debt, he had the idea of ​​breaking into Mr. Dinh's house to steal. When he saw N., he used a knife to control and demand Mr. Dinh and his wife give him money.

According to Tuoi Tre