Burned down his wife's family in the middle of the night out of jealousy.
At around 2am, Vo Phong Phu (40 years old) in Cau Ngang district, Tra Vinh, tied the door tightly and poured gasoline to set fire to his wife's family's house, where 8 people were sleeping.
Vo Phong Phu, in Hiep My Dong commune, Cau Ngang district, was detained by the Investigation Police Department of Tra Vinh province to investigate his behavior.Killing.
According to the initial investigation results, Phu and his wife, LTDK (39 years old), separated due to conflicts. K. took her 8-year-old child to live with her biological parents in Thanh Hoa Son commune, Cau Ngang district.
Although they were separated, Phu and his wife still kept in touch by phone. Recently, Phu suspected that his wife had another man. He also remembered that when he was living with Ms. K., his father-in-law scolded and chased him away. Phu believed that this was the reason why he and his wife had to separate.
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| Suspect Phu. Photo: Tra Vinh Police |
On August 16, Phu texted but did not see Ms. K. reply, so he suspected his wife was with another man.
Angry, Phu bought 200,000 VND worth of gasoline, then drove to his father-in-law's house at around 2:00 a.m. on August 17. There, Phu tied the door tightly with a rope so that when he poured gasoline and lit the fire, the people inside would not be able to escape.
When the people inside the house saw the fire and called for help, Phu immediately ran away. Luckily, the 8 people inside the house broke the door and ran out to escape.
Upon receiving the report, the police proceeded to investigate and clarify.
On August 19, Phu turned himself in to the police and confessed to his crime.
