Losing a bet, a 16-year-old boy stabbed a merchant to steal property.

On the morning of July 12, news from Hue City Police said that after only nearly 2 hours of investigation and verification, the unit coordinated with the Criminal Police Department of Thua Thien Hue Province Police to quickly arrest suspect Tran Quang Huy (born 2002, residing at 62A/13 Dang Huy Tru Street, Phuoc Vinh Ward, Hue City) to investigate and clarify the act of using a knife to rob property.

Subject Tran Quang Huy at the police station.

According to information from the Hue City Police Investigation Agency, at around 12:45 pm on July 11, the unit received a report that at kiosk number 1 on Dang Huy Tru Street, Phuoc Vinh Ward, a person was seriously injured by a thief using a knife to rob property.

Hue City Police in coordination with the Criminal Police Department of Thua Thien Hue Province Police quickly went to the scene to conduct an investigation, and at the same time took the victim to Hue Central Hospital for emergency treatment. The units collected evidence, as well as witnesses around the area where the incident occurred.

At 2:40 p.m. the same day, the police identified the suspect, Tran Quang Huy, 16 years old, residing at 62A/13 Dang Huy Tru Street, Phuoc Vinh Ward, Hue City, and arrested him for investigation.

The amount of more than 9 million VND that Huy robbed to pay off football betting debt.

At the police station, Huy confessed that due to his passion for gambling in the form of over/under (soccer betting), Huy owed nearly 2 million VND.

To have money to pay off his debt, Huy prepared a dagger and went to the kiosk where he found salesman Tran Quang Thinh. Huy rushed in and stabbed Mr. Thinh twice and then robbed him of more than 9 million VND.

Currently, Hue City Police are continuing to consolidate the case file to handle the subject Tran Quang Huy.