Shocking murder cases from conflicts while playing games

1. Conflict while playing game, a young man was stabbed to death

Fish shooting game shop 964 - where the murder happened on the morning of September 13

On the night of September 13, 2017, Nguyen Ba Cuong (28 years old), Nguyen Van Tri (20 years old), and Nguyen Truong Giang (17 years old, all living in District 6, Ho Chi Minh City) played a fish shooting game. While playing, Cuong misunderstood that Tri and Giang were cursing at him, so he beat Tri and Giang.

Tri and Giang were at a disadvantage so they ran away.Then Tri and Giang returned to find Cuong to "deal with him". Tri and Giang used iron rods and homemade knives to stab Cuong, causing serious injuries. Cuong was taken to the emergency room but died at the hospital.

2. Murder from conflict at Internet cafe

Defendant Dat in court.

On November 12, 2013, Phan Thanh Dat (born in 1997) and his friend Nguyen Hoang Minh (born in 1996), both living in District 2, Ho Chi Minh City, went to a game shop as usual and got into an argument. Tien used his helmet to hit Dat but was stopped by everyone in the shop.

At around 6pm on November 14, 2013, Dat and his friend Nguyen Hoang Minh went to a game shop and were attacked by Tien and his accomplices. Dat immediately pulled out a switchblade and fought back. Seeing this, Tien and his friends were scared and ran away.

Tien went home to get a homemade knife and rode his motorbike to find Dat.When arriving at Mai Chi Tho Street (District 2), seeing Dat and Minh walking home, Tien got out of the car, took a knife and ran towards Minh, slashing him once and Dat twice. Angry, Dat took out a switchblade and stabbed Tien twice in the chest. Tien collapsed on the street. People took him to the emergency room but Tien died due to severe injuries.

3. Male student kills someone because of conflict from game

Defendant Loi at trial.

Nguyen Lam Thang Loi often goes to Thanh Nghi internet shop (in Linh Tay ward, Thu Duc district, Ho Chi Minh City) to play games.

Around December 2014, while playing a game, Loi and Nguyen Van Be Khuong (born 2001) had a conflict. Khuong hit Loi on the head and challenged him, but Loi did not dare to react because there were many people in Khuong's group. From then on, every time he went to the game shop, the student took a Thai knife from his school bag and wore it on his waist.

On the afternoon of January 6, 2015, on his way home from school, Nguyen Lam Thang Loi stopped by Thanh Nghi's shop again. After playing the game, Loi returned the device and stood watching a friend in Khuong's group play. Seeing Loi, Khuong said "everyone here is my little brother" leading to a conflict between the two sides.

When being beaten, Loi pulled out a knife hidden in his bag and stabbed Khuong in the back, leading to his death.

4. Conflict while playing game, 14 year old boy stabs friend to death

The scene of the incident. Photo: Vietnamnet

At noon on November 25, 2017, Le Huu Thanh and Tran Ngoc Vinh Quang (14 years old, residing in Long Son ward,A man from Mui Ne ward (Phan Thiet city) was playing games at Thien Duong internet shop in Long Son ward when a conflict and fight broke out.

Suddenly, Quang pulled out a knife and stabbed Thanh in the left chest, causing the victim to die on the way to the emergency room.

Immediately after committing the crime, Quang ran home and was persuaded by his family to surrender to the police.It is known that both Quang and the victim have dropped out of school, work at sea and live in the same Long Son ward.

5. Murder from conflict while playing games

Illustration photo.

At around 2:00 p.m. on February 13, 2016, while playing games at an internet shop in Nhan Co commune, Dak R'lap district, Dak Nong, P.D.T (born 2000) and D.PT (born 1997, both residing in Nhan Co commune) had a conflict that led to a fight.

After that, P.D.T went home and called his brother Pham Duc Anh to beat T. in revenge. Hearing that his brother had been beaten, Pham Duc Anh immediately took a knife to find, beat and stabbed D.PT, causing T. to die on the way to the emergency room.

6. U40 stabs friend to death because of gaming conflict

Defendant Hieu (standing) in court. Photo: Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper

On the afternoon of November 27, 2015, Mr. Nguyen Hong P. (31 years old), resident of Vinh Thanh ward, Rach Gia city, went to a fish shooting game shop on Le Hoang street to play.

Here, Mr. P. met Nguyen Quoc Hieu (38 years old), living in quarter 5, Vinh Thanh Van ward, Rach Gia city, Kien Giang province. to play together.BAt first, both of them were attentively playing and chatting quite normally. Then, their words shocked each other, leading to a heated argument about winning or losing in games, money, etc.

Hieu left but returned a moment later, taking advantage of the moment when his friend was concentrating on the game to accumulate points, quietly approached and suddenly pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim in the back.

Suddenly stabbed, Mr. P. got up and ran away, but Hieu did not let him go and tried to chase after him. He caught up and stabbed the victim twice in a row, causing P. to collapse and die in a pool of blood.

7.Conflict while playing game, young man beaten to death

Crime scene. Photo IT

The incident occurred at around 9:30 p.m. on February 6, 2018. Vi Van Anh (born in 1995), residing in village 4, Duong 10 commune, Bu Dang district, Binh Phuoc province, went to the KFC Internet cafe in Thong Nhat village, Dak Nhau commune, Bu Dang district, Binh Phuoc province and sat near Tran Hoang Anh (born in 1998), residing in the same Thong Nhat village, who was playing games in the cafe. There, a conflict arose between the two sides.

A moment later, they saw both of them go outside but continued to argue loudly with each other. Suddenly, Vi Van Anh grabbed a brick and hit Tran Hoang Anh, causing him to fall to the ground unconscious. Immediately after causing the incident, Anh threw the brick and left the scene. Tran Hoang Anh was taken to the emergency room but died shortly after.