Thief shoots back at police with electric crossbow while being chased

Chasing two dog thieves in Cu Chi, the task force was shot back with an electric crossbow and injured.

On October 3, Cu Chi District Police (HCMC) detained Nguyen Tan Dat (21 years old) and Tran Van Tot (24 years old) for theft of property and resisting officers on duty.

used homemade electric crossbow to shoot two dogs.

Early three days ago, Dat and Tan wandered the streets of Cu Chi, using homemade electric crossbows to secretly shoot two dogs. When they reached Xom Dong hamlet (Tan Phu Trung commune), the duo was asked by a patrol team of the commune police to stop their vehicle for inspection.

Not obeying orders, Dat and Tan allegedly drove their car straight into the task force and fled. Being chased, they used electric crossbows to shoot back, hitting the police officer in the hand but were arrested shortly after.

Previously, in mid-2014, four dog thieves in Cu Chi district also shot crossbows at the pursuers, causing three young men to fall off their motorbikes and die.

According to VNE