Street robberies have increased dramatically in Ho Chi Minh City, with
many striking cases occurring in the past several days, worrying locals and
prompting police to launch a campaign to crack down on them.
The latest case occurred
yesterday morning, November 26, when 28-year-old Nguyen Thi Ngoc Thuy, a
resident of Thanh My Loi, District 2, was driving across the Phu My Bridge.
Two men on a motorbike pulled up
next to her and one of them suddenly slashed her right elbow with a large
knife. Thuy shouted, “Robbery! Robbery!” as the thief hacked at her twice more,
almost chopping off the lower part of the arm.
They failed to start the engine
of Thuy’s bike after she felt to the ground and writhed in a pool of blood. The
thieves then fled the scene.
Police arrested Ho Duy Truc and
Nguyen Hoang Phuong – both 19 and natives of Ninh Thuan Province, as well as
Tran Van Luong, 24, and Huynh Thanh Son, 30 – both of HCMC’s Binh Chanh
District for the involvement in the brutal crime.
On Sunday, November 25, Han Youn,
a 30-year-old South Korean man, was walking on the roadside of Nguyen Luong
Bang Street when Nguyen Tuan Em, 21, snatched a luxury mobile phone from him
and escaped on a motorbike driven by his accomplice, Pham Ba Vinh, 19. Youn
managed to kick their vehicle down and seized Vinh. Police later arrested Em.
At 9:44 am on November 23 Nguyen
Thi Phuong, 36, of Tan Phu District, was walking on a pavement on Tran Hung
Dao, Street, District 5, when her handbag was snatched by a man who was driving
a motorbike, local district police reported.
As the victim tried to keep the
bag from being taken away by the robber, she was pulled along and then fell
fall face first onto the street.
The incident was recorded by a
camera and the 22-second clip was posted on a website yesterday, generating
concern and anger among viewers.
Yesterday police in District 5
seized Diep Xuong Dat, 23, of District 10, for snatching a gold necklace worth
US$1,300 from a Vietnamese-Australian on An Duong Vuong Street.
Also yesterday police in Hoc Mon
District arrested Nguyen Van Thien, 16, and Nguyen Van Sang, 14, for cutting
the throat of a motorbike taxi driver in order to steal his vehicle in Dong
Thanh Commune.
The same day four men were
detained after they caused a fake traffic accident to steal a motorbike from a
21-year-old man, Ho Minh Nhat.
They deliberately drove one of
their bikes into Nhat and then hit him on the head with rocks, forcing him to
fall to the ground, said Senior Lieutenant Colonel Huynh Tri Thanh, head of the
district police.
The images from the clip showing a young woman falling
to the ground after a robber
snaches her handbag on a pavement
Police action
In a move to improve security for
people in HCMC, local police have launched a campaign to crack down on criminal
gangs that have stolen from people, including those driving on the city’s
streets.
In recent times, difficulties due
to the challenged economy have driven many businesses into bankruptcy, leaving
a lot of people unemployed and deprived, the police said.
Some of these unemployed people
have worked together to commit robberies, causing loss both in property and
life to residents, including foreigners.
Nguyen Thi Hong, deputy
chairwoman of the city People’s Committee, urged police to strengthen safety
for international tourists, especially in downtown areas, as the annual peak
tourism season has started.
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