Nghe An: Decomposed body found, suspected missing 14 days ago

(Baonghean.vn)- On the morning of September 30, Mr. Nguyen Van Son - Vice Chairman of Dien Lam Commune, Dien Chau District (Nghe An) said that the authorities had just found a body suspected to be the victim who was swept away by the water and went missing 14 days earlier on Bau Ganh River.

» 1 person drowned while herding buffalo

Accordingly, at about 8:30 a.m. on September 30, local authorities and local people, while mobilizing excavators to skim off the Bau Ganh River through Dien Lam Commune (Dien Chau) connecting to Hamlet 14 Duc Quang, Duc Thanh Commune, Yen Thanh District, discovered a decomposing body.

Scene where the body was found. Photo: D.T

Immediately afterwards, the Dien Lam commune authorities informed the Duc Thanh commune authorities and at the same time informed the police to come to the scene to investigate the incident.

Sources said this could be the body of Hoang Van Hai (born 1975), a resident of Dien Lam commune, who was swept away by the floodwaters after slipping and falling into the river while taking his buffalo to bathe near Bau Ganh bridge in the commune at 8:20 a.m. on September 16.

The body was found about 2.5 km from where the victim went missing.

Duc Thanh