Mentally ill man attacks 12 people, killing 7 in northern Vietnam
HANOI - Police are searching for a mentally ill man who
stabbed seven people to death and wounded five in a rampage in northern
Vietnam.
The attack took place Thursday, but was not reported in state-controlled
media or confirmed by police until Tuesday.
Police identified the assailant as Nguyen Tai Kiem, 44. They said he had been
diagnosed with mental illness a decade ago.
He escaped after fatally attacking a man, two women and four children in Bac
Me District in Ha Giang province, 370 kilometers (230 miles) northwest of
Hanoi, said a provincial policeman under condition of anonymity.
He wounded another three women and their two children, aged 2 months and
7 years. The five were hospitalized in stable condition, he said. The victims
were all Dao ethnic minority.
Police in Ha Giang and the neighboring province of Tuyen Quang are still
hunting for Kiem, the police official said.
The Associated Press - December 24, 2002.
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