Stabbed a lifeboat with a knife when not allowed to borrow it
Borrowing a boat but being refused by the rescue team, Bui Duc Lam (in Cam Xuyen, Ha Tinh) used a knife to stab a hole in the boat.
On the evening of October 30, Senior Lieutenant Dang The Long - Chief of Police of Cam Vinh Commune, Cam Xuyen District (Ha Tinh) informed that the unit had just brought Bui Duc Lam (born in 1978, Tam Trung Village, Cam Vinh Commune) to the district police headquarters to clarify the act of stabbing the rescue force's boat.
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The boat was punctured. |
Accordingly, at around 3:00 p.m. on October 30, there was heavy rain in Cam Vinh commune.floodThe rapid rise caused many houses in the commune to be damaged.floodeddeep. Faced with that situation, local authorities issued an urgent order to evacuateEvacuate flooded people to safety.
When the rescue team led by Mr. Tran Huy Quyen - Head of Tam Trung village, Cam Vinh commune and some village officials rowed an inflatable boat to the house of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Hop (76 years old, paralyzed) to evacuate her, the rescue team met Bui Duc Lam and some other people wading in the water and wanting to borrow the boat.
However, the delegationrescuedisagreed with the reason that Mrs. Hop, a disabled person, should be given priority to go first. Afterwards, Mr. Quyen and Lam had an argument. Lam ran into Mrs. Hop's house, took out a knife and stabbed the inflatable boat many times, causing a hole in the boat.
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The subject was arrested. |
Upon receiving the information, Cam Vinh commune police detained Lam to clarify the violation.