A woman abroad hired 3 people in Nghe An to throw petrol bombs out of jealousy.

On October 1, the Nghi Loc District Police Investigation Agency said that after a period of investigation, the unit had arrested the perpetrator and two other people involved in the petrol bomb attack that caused severe burns to a woman living in Nghi My Commune, Nghi Loc, and property damage amounting to hundreds of millions of dong.

Previously, on July 19, 2019, Ms. Dinh Thi H. and her daughter were sleeping at her grocery store in Hamlet 13, Nghi My Commune, Nghi Loc District when they detected the smell of gasoline. Ms. H. went out the door when suddenly a young man with his face covered threw a petrol bomb at her. Ms. H. ran into the house and shouted for help.

3 subjects at the investigation agency. Photo: Quynh Trang

The incident caused Ms. H. to suffer burns on the back of both legs and is currently being treated at Nghe An General Hospital. Ms. H.'s store was completely burned down, with total damage estimated at more than 500 million VND. Previously, on June 20, 2019, two people came to Ms. H.'s store, pretending to buy something, and then assaulted her. On June 30, 2019, another person brought old clothes soaked in gasoline and burned them in front of Ms. H.'s store.

Determining the criminal acts of the subjects as particularly serious, a special project was established to fight. This is a case where the mastermind was determined to be a Vietnamese living abroad, so during the investigation, the Special Project Team encountered many difficulties.

Tran Ngoc Hoa, the subject hired and directly committed the crime. Photo: Manh Cuong

After 2 months of investigation, on September 28, 2019, the Special Task Force arrested the direct perpetrator, Tran Ngoc Hoa (born in 1988), and two related subjects, Thai Ba Tinh (born in 1991); Cao Hung (born in 1990), all residing in Dien Tho commune, Dien Chau district.

At the investigation agency, Tran Ngoc Hoa confessed that a woman living abroad called to hire Hoa to threaten Ms. H. because she suspected Ms. H. was having a relationship with this woman's ex-husband.

After Tran Ngoc Hoa asked Thai Ba Tinh to take him to Ms. H's store twice to intimidate her, but he did not meet the employer's requirements, so on the third time, Hoa asked Cao Hung to take him to Ms. H's store to throw a petrol bomb at the store. Immediately after that, the woman abroad confirmed that she had met the requirements and transferred 20 million VND to Hoa.

Ms. H's store was completely burned down and is now a pile of rubble. Photo: Quynh Trang

Currently, the Nghi Loc District Police Investigation Agency has initiated a case and prosecuted Tran Ngoc Hoa and Thai Ba Tinh for property destruction; continuing to clarify Cao Hung's criminal behavior. At the same time, the investigation agency continues to consolidate documents to arrest the remaining subject.