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Vietnam prosecutes fatal shooting leaving 3 deaths in northern region

Xinhua, August 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

Police investigation agency in Vietnam's northern Yen Bai province late Thursday prosecuted an"especially serious" shooting which left three deaths, including the shooter.

On Thursday morning, two officials were shot dead by a fellow official, who then committed suicide.

The incident happened at around 7:45 a.m. local time. Do Cuong Minh, chief of Yen Bai sub-department of forest protection, entered the office of Pham Duy Cuong, Yen Bai provincial party secretary and Ngo Ngoc Tuan, chairman of Yen Bai People's Council, and started firing at the two officers.

He then shot himself at the head and died.

Dang Tran Chieu, director of Yen Bai provincial police department was quoted by Vietnam's state-run news agency VNA as saying that based on collected documents and evidence, the prosecution seeks charge of murder under article 93 in Vietnam's Penal Code.

According to Chieu, although the perpetrator was dead, Yen Bai police will continue to prosecute the case to investigate and verify the cause of the crime and related issues.

The prosecution aims at determining whether the suspect has any partners in crime. After investigation, if there is no accomplice, the investigation authority might decide to suspend the case and will not prosecute the accused, said Chieu.

The attacker Do Cuong Minh, who was born in 1963, was a son of a former Yen Bai leader. Minh grew up in the forest protection sector and was appointed to be chief of Yen Bai sub-department of forest protection in early 2014.

Yen Bai provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee in Yen Bai have decided to hold high-level funerals for the two victims.

Pham Duy Cuong, born in 1958, was re-elected as Yen Bai provincial party secretary for the 2015-2020 term while Ngo Ngoc Tuan, born in 1964, served as chairman of Yen Bai People's Council and head of Yen Bai provincial party organization committee. Endit