Pregnant mother and child and milk store employee were controlled with a knife
A young man dressed in black with unusual behavior entered a milk shop with a knife and tied up the pregnant owner, a 6-year-old boy and a female employee with tape on the evening of November 21.
At 7:30 p.m., a young man about 30 years old with a high haircut, wearing shorts and a black t-shirt, holding a large knife walked into a milk shop on To Ngoc Van Street, Tam Phu Ward, Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City.
He locked the glass door and went back to the cashier.knifeinto the pregnant female boss over 30 years old and female employee, asking for money.
Her 6-year-old son ran to her and was hugged tightly by the man, who threatened to "cut off his ears" and threw many milk cartons on the shelf around.
He continued to hold the knife to the pregnant woman’s neck, forcing her and her child and the staff not to resist, and used tape to tie the three of them together. People in the area discovered the incident but no one dared to come near. The incident was reported to the police.
The victims were dragged out by him. The young man looked around, knife still held to the victim's neck, not allowing anyone to come near. Seeing the police, he said: "Where are the biggest leaders here? I was being chased by gangsters, why didn't you protect me, instead you let me wander around?"
The police persuaded him to drop the weapon. More than an hour later, the young man asked the police for his phone so he could call his family. When he dropped the knife, the police swooped in and arrested him. The victims were not injured.
Because he was not conscious, Thu Duc District Police have not been able to take his statement.
