Boldly used electric baton to attack gold shop owner, robbed nearly 3 billion
After knocking over the gold shop owner's motorbike, the robbers used electric batons and pepper spray to continuously attack and steal a large amount of money and gold.
- On the afternoon of August 19, Mr. Bui Thanh Toan - Secretary of the Dong Hoa District Party Committee (Phu Yen), said that he had directed the District Police and relevant agencies to actively coordinate with the Phu Yen Provincial Police to investigate the daring robbery of money and gold on the street, and at the same time encouraged the victim's family. "According to the declaration, the amount of money and gold lost was large, so the authority to investigate belongs to the Provincial Police," said Mr. Toan.
Illustration photo. The incident occurred at around 6:30 a.m. the same day in Hoa Vinh town, Dong Hoa district. The victims of the robbery were Ms. Nguyen Thi Yen (born in 1959) and Mr. Nguyen Gia Truyen (born in 1977, Ms. Yen's son), owner of Kim Yen Truyen gold shop.
At that time, Mr. Truyen drove his mother on a motorbike from his home (Ward 2, Hoa Vinh town, Dong Hoa district) to the gold shop in Hoa Vinh market to sell goods.
Just about 30 meters out of the house, when reaching Le Loi street, he was suddenly knocked down by two young men on a red and black Yamaha Sirius motorbike (license plate unknown).
Immediately after that, these two young men used pepper spray and electric batons to continuously attack Ms. Yen and her daughter, robbing a handbag containing more than 400 million VND in cash, a metal box containing 20 gold bars; many gold jewelry such as earrings, necklaces, rings. Total value nearly 3 billion VND.
The incident happened suddenly within a few minutes and on a deserted road, Ms. Yen and her children did not have time to react.
After being attacked and robbed of money and gold, Ms. Nguyen Thi Yen fell into a state of panic. Mr. Nguyen Gia Truyen had many minor burns on his body from being shocked by an electric baton.
According to the victim's family, recently there have been some strangers hanging around the area where the family lives, so they suspect they were being followed beforehand.
Meanwhile, on the same day, people discovered an abandoned car burned in the casuarina forest of Hoa Hiep Bac commune, Dong Hoa district, about 7km from the robbery scene. Authorities suspect that this was the vehicle used by the two robbers to commit the crime and then dispose of it, so they are conducting a thorough investigation.
