Young man holds sword and stabs someone unconscious due to conflict at wedding
(Baonghean.vn) - His father-in-law's house was having a wedding but a group of young men came to cause a fight, so Hau immediately took a sword to 'quell the crowd' by chasing and killing a young man until he passed out.
On the afternoon of February 18, Tan Ky District People's Court held a criminal trial against Le Van Hau (born in 1995, residing in Bich Thai 2 hamlet, Nghia Thai commune, Tan Ky district) for the crime of intentionally causing injury.
According to the indictment, on September 13, 2019, Thai Ba Manh attended a wedding at Mr. Tai's house in Tan Xuan commune, Tan Ky district. At the wedding, Manh had a disagreement with a young man and was slapped in the face by this person, so Manh left.
At around 9:30 p.m. the same day, Manh, Ho Van Hao (born in 1995), Ho Van Huong (born in 1997) and 3 other young men invited each other to return to the wedding at Mr. Tai's house. In the car of Manh and Huong's group, there were 2 swords.
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Defendant Le Van Hau. Photo: Phuong Hao |
At the wedding, Manh continued to argue and fight with a group of young men. At that time, Hau, Mr. Tai's son-in-law, was lying in the house. Hearing the noise, he immediately brought a knife and ran out to repeatedly slash Mr. Huong's shoulder. When Mr. Huong ran away, Hau continued to chase him with the knife until he passed out...
Mr. Huong suffered 20% disability. Hau was prosecuted and temporarily detained.At the trial, Mr. Huong requested compensation of 141,500,000 VND..Hau has not yet paid any compensation.
At the end of the trial, the panel sentenced Le Van Hau to 2 years and 6 months in prison.