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 around 8:30 a.m. on September 30, local authorities and local people, while mobilizing excavators to skim the fat on 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.

The scene where the body was found. Photo: D.T

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

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

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

Duc Thanh