7 detained after opening fire to threaten woman in north-central Vietnam

A group of seven men and women have been arrested for opening fire to threaten a woman to pay debt in a province in north-central Vietnam.

Police in Dong Ha City under Quang Tri Province said on Tuesday night that they had brought a group of seven into custody pending an investigation into a case where these thugs opened fire and asked a woman to pay debt on the local National Highway 9 section on Sunday.

The incident transpired at 6:30 am on Sunday, when L.T.T.H., a 22-year-old resident of Quang Binh Province, was coerced into paying VND10 million (US$411.2) by a group comprising five men and two women.

The group used a gun and fired a shot to threaten H. before leaving the scene.

The shooting caused no casualties, however. 

Police quickly verified the case and tracked down the thugs for detention.

Police officers arrested all seven, aged between 17 and 27, at 2:00 pm on the same day.

They confiscated a gun, four bullets, and a pack of white powder suspected to be narcotics, while impounding two cars.

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