Water cannon to control lover's killer, holding gas tank and barricading himself

After being discovered killing his lover in a rented room, a man in Lam Dong threatened to blow up a gas tank, forcing police to use water cannons to control him.

The boarding house where the murder occurred. Photo: Khanh Huong.

At noon on October 15, two people arrived at the motel on the road.Luong The Vinh, Lien Nghia town (Duc Trong, Lam Dong) searchMrs. Le Thi Mai (49 years old). They found the door locked but no one answered when they called.Looking through the iron door, they saw a lot of blood inside so they called the police.

Police were present at the scene.discovered Mrs. Mai murdered in the attic. The perpetrator was still inside the rented room, identified as Pham Quoc Cuong (36 years old, from Tien Giang).

The gas tank that the perpetrator threatened to blow up the rented room with. Photo: Khanh Huong.

The authorities advised Cuong to surrender. However, he refused to go out and instead opened the valve of the 12kg gas tank, threatening to blow up the row of boarding houses, making no one dare to approach.

After 3 hours of unsuccessful persuasion, Lam Dong fire police were mobilized to break the iron door, spray water into the room, and subdue Cuong. The victim died with a cut on his neck.

At the police station, Cuong confessedlived with Mrs. Mai as husband and wife. Recently, he discovered that his lover was seeing another man, so he became jealous and the two no longer lived together. This morning, Cuong came to find the victim to "talk" and then killed her.

The lover's killer was arrested. Photo: Khanh Huong.

According to VNE