Criminal detention of the subject who set fire to the Vinh station waiting room
(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of December 8, Lieutenant Colonel Mai Chien Thang - Deputy Chief of Vinh City Police (Nghe An) said that the investigation agency has decided to temporarily detain Nguyen Ba Hoa (31 years old, residing in Block 5, Quan Bau Ward, Vinh City) to investigate the crime of intentional destruction of property.
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Lieutenant Colonel Mai Chien Thang said that about 1 hour after the incident, the task force arrested Nguyen Ba Hoa (31 years old, residing in Block 5, Quan Bau Ward, Vinh City). Hoa was arrested while standing near the gate of his house, with no intention of escaping.
According to the investigation agency, Nguyen Ba Hoa confessed that the reason for the crime was that this morning he was working as a motorbike taxi driver at Vinh station gate when he met a female station employee. Seeing the employee looking at him with contempt, he got angry. Hoa rode his motorbike home, took a 20-liter plastic can to the gas station to buy 200,000 VND worth of gasoline, and brought it straight to the station waiting room where the employee worked to burn.
According to Lieutenant Colonel Thang, Nguyen Ba Hoa shows signs of mental illness. The family has submitted Hoa's daily medical records and treatment records to the investigation agency.
"The investigation agency will re-evaluate Hoa's illness and continue to complete the file," said Lieutenant Colonel Mai Chien Thang.
According to Vinh station statistics, the fire caused about 113 million VND in damage including 1 air conditioner, telephone, camera, waiting table, number taking machine... damaged.
Phuong Nguyen
