Suspecting his wife of having an affair, he bought gasoline and burned his 'rival's' car.
Suspecting that his wife was having an affair with Mr. Duc, Toan bought 2 liters of gasoline to burn Mr. Duc's car and set fire to the car next to it.
District 7 Police, Ho Chi Minh City, have just detained and taken a statement from Khong Minh Toan, (born in 1984), residing in Go Vap District, to investigate and clarify his behavior.destruction of property.
On the morning of October 13, Toan went to Jamona residential area, Phu Thuan ward, District 7 to drink coffee, but due to the epidemic, coffee shops were not open, so Toan returned to the company to work.
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Subject Khong Minh Toan at the police station. |
On the way back to the company, Toan discovered a car with license plate 51G-079.13 parked on the side of D4 road. This was the car of Mr. Tran Anh Duc, Toan's wife's superior. Previously, Toan had suspected many times that his wife and Mr. Duc had an affair. Recently, Toan's wife had been acting sad and unhappy. After questioning him thoroughly, Toan's wife said that she was sad because Mr. Duc was about to get married. That made Toan jealous and had the idea of revenge.
At noon that same day, Toan bought 2 liters of gasoline, approached the car, poured gasoline and set it on fire. When the car caught fire, Toan left. People who discovered the incident helped put out the fire, but the car was almost burned down and the fire spread to a car parked next to it. The estimated damage to the two burned cars was about 2 billion VND.
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Subject Khong Minh Toan at the scene of the incident. |
The police then arrived to examine the scene and retrieve camera footage from the area for investigation. Toan was identified as the suspect in the incident and was invited to the police station for questioning. At the police station, Toan confessed that he acted out of jealousy and thought his wife was having an affair.
The police are continuing to handle the case according to regulations./.