Went to the neighbor's house and took a knife to cut his own stomach because he thought there was a bomb inside.

On September 9, information from the Phu Son commune government (Tan Ky) said that a case had just occurred in the area where a local resident slit his own stomach due to the delusion that there was a bomb in his stomach.

Accordingly, at around 6:30 a.m. the same day, Mr. Ha Van S. (born in 1990), residing in Quyet Thang hamlet, Phu Son commune, ran from his house to the neighbor's house across the street, went into the kitchen, took a butcher knife (specialized in butchering pork), ran out into the middle of the street and stabbed himself in the stomach many times.

After stabbing himself multiple times in the stomach, Mr. S. fell backwards onto the street, blood flowing from his body onto the road, his intestines protruding out of his stomach.

Scene of the incident. Photo: Nguyen Tran

Hearing the screams, the people around ran out. Seeing people approaching, Mr. S. was still conscious and shouted, “Get out of the way, or the bomb in my stomach will explode.” The people quickly reported to the local authorities and tried to pull the knife out of Mr. S.’s hand. The medical team from the infirmary arrived promptly, bandaged the wound, provided first aid to Mr. S. (who was unconscious at this time) and transferred the victim to the Nghe An General Hospital for emergency treatment.

It is known that Mr. S. has a history of unstable mental illness. He once went to the South to work and got married there. For more than a year now, Mr. S. has returned to his hometown alone, living with his mother.

A few days before the incident, Mr. S. often wandered around; he returned home last night until the unfortunate incident mentioned above happened.

The victim is still receiving emergency treatment at Nghe An General Hospital.