Brave young man chases SH motorbike thief, uses knife to fight back

People coordinated with police officers to bravely chase and arrest a violent thief who used a knife to attack people on Luong Khanh Thien street.

The incident occurred at around 7:00 p.m. on October 8 on Luong Khanh Thien Street (Ngo Quyen District, Hai Phong City).

According to the victim, Ms. Pham Thanh Th., she had just bought dinner and went to her tailor shop at 133 Luong Khanh Thien, parked her SH motorbike with license plate 15B2 – 359.18 in front of the door, went inside the house for less than 1 minute, and when she came back, the motorbike was gone.

Ms. Th. discovered a man wearing a helmet and a face mask driving away on his motorbike, so she shouted for passersby to chase him.

The subject of the theft was recorded by the camera.

At that time, Mr. Nguyen The Kien, 27 years old, living at 10/28/106 Le Lai, Ngo Quyen district, was on his way home from work when he heard the screams and rode his motorbike to chase the thief.

Mr. Kien said that at that time the street was very crowded, the thief ran away through many streets. Even more dangerous, the subject took out a knife hidden on his person and pointed it behind him threateningly. Despite the danger, Mr. Kien still followed the subject closely, calling for help from passersby.

Mr. Nguyen The Kien bravely used his motorbike to chase the aggressive thief.

After fleeing through many streets, around Tam Bac Lake, the subject suddenly turned onto Phan Boi Chau Street to Ly Thuong Kiet Street (Hong Bang District). When reaching house number 153 Ly Thuong Kiet, the subject drove the car into a collision with an obstacle on the side of the road, causing the car to crash.

Frantically fighting back to escape, the subject, with a weapon in hand, turned around and attacked Mr. Kien. However, with the support of the people around, Mr. Kien bravely rushed in to arrest the subject, forcing him to flee into an alley on the side of the road.

Nguyen Van Long was arrested at the police station.

Upon receiving the news, the Working Group of Phan Boi Chau Ward Police (Hong Bang District) promptly arrived to control the subject and safely restrain the weapon.

At the police station, the suspect confessed to being Nguyen Van Long, 47 years old, Alley 212 Da Nang, Lac Vien Ward, Ngo Quyen District. Long confessed to all his crimes and was handed over to Ngo Quyen District Police for investigation and handling according to the law.

According to CAND