Man kills himself after stabbing couple to death over debt

ĐIỆN BIÊN — Three people died on Saturday morning in Tuần Giáo Town in the northern province of Điện Biên after a conflict allegedly caused by debts of more than VNĐ 一. 五 billion (US$ 六 四, 四 六0).

Nguyễn Khánh Chung, born in  一 九 六 七 and his wife Trần Thị Thu, born in  一 九 八0, together with some people reportedly arrived at the house of Đàm Văn Lực, born in  一 九 六 三 in Trường Xuân Hamlet in Tuần Giáo Town on Saturday morning to ask the latter to pay the debts.

Lực only allowed Chung to enter the house and then used a knife to stab Chung’s stomach and back. Then, Lực chased Thu and killed her in a field about  三0 metres from the house.

After going back to his house, Lực then killed himself.

Colonel Tráng A Tủa, vice director of the province’s police, said police found papers which showed Lực’s wife borrowed more than VNĐ 一. 五 billion from Thu.

Police have detained four people who went with Chung and Thu to Lực’s house in the morning for further investigation. — VNS