Clever woman snatches knife, calls for people to control rapist
Authorities have initiated a criminal case, prosecuted and temporarily detained Phan Van Cuong (born 1992) for rape.
Previously, on May 7, a clip was circulated on social media recording a man holding a knife and storming into a clothing store in Gia Khanh town, Binh Xuyen district, Vinh Phuc province.
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Image cut from clip of clothing store owner being threatened with knife by Cuong. |
According to the clip, at around 11:35 p.m. on May 5, Cuong passed by a clothing store in Gia Khanh town and saw Ms. D.TH (born in 1986), residing in Binh Xuyen district, the owner of the clothing store, trying on clothes.
Seeing this, Cuong had the intention of raping the victim. To commit his crime, Cuong parked his motorbike in front of the store, took a 32cm long knife and rushed into the store, threatened Ms. H with the knife, and forced her to have sex.
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The time when the police escorted Cuong to the headquarters. |
Fearing for her life, Ms. H pretended to agree but found an excuse to delay. Taking advantage of the moment when Cuong was not paying attention and had not yet carried out his act, Ms. H grabbed the knife and at the same time called for help from the people around. Seeing this, Cuong ran outside but was captured by the crowd.
At the police station, Cuong confessed.criminal behaviorand said he had just come back from drinking beer.
