The police in Don Hung District in the northern province of Thai Binh Province have arrested 27-year-old Nguyen Huu Duong, a local resident, for his suspected murder of a gold shop owner in Hanoi to steal her gold necklace.
Tran Xuan Tuyet, director of the Thai Binh Public Security Department, has confirmed this information.
Tuyet said the provincial police would soon hand over the case to the Hanoi Public Security Department.
According to investigators, at 4:42 pm on February 16, Duong went into Vung Bac Gold & Silver Shop owned by 55-year-old Nguyen Thi Bac and asked to buy some gold.
While Bac was turning around to weigh the gold, Duong asked to show him the restroom.
When she took him through the living room toward the restroom, Duong suddenly strangled her, covered her mouth and placed a knife near her throat.
Bac struggled violently, so Duong forced her to the ground and stabbed her many times on the neck, chest, and back.
Afterwards, he tried to open the glass counter with Bac’s key to steal the gold and jewelries but failed.
He tried to break the counter with his elbow but didn’t succeed either. Duong then snatched the gold necklace worth VND2.8 million ($140) from Bac’s body and fled away on a motorbike.
He left a glove at the crime scene. Bac later died from loss of blood.
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