Police arrest 3 men over attack on foreign tourists in Vietnam’s Nha Trang
Vietnamese police have arrested three men over an attack on a group of foreign tourists in the south-central coastal hub of Nha Trang after video of the incident circulated on social media, local police said on Friday.
Foreign tourists are assaulted by a group of people carrying weapons on a street in Nha Trang Ward, Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam, in this still image taken from a video shared on social media.
Nha Trang Ward police in Khanh Hoa Province said the suspects allegedly used weapons to chase and assault foreign visitors on a downtown street.
Police said they identified the suspects after reviewing video footage showing several Vietnamese individuals pursuing and beating a group of foreigners outside a bar on Nguyen Thien Thuat Street.
One of the suspects, a 23-year-old bar employee, told investigators the incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday after four foreign customers became involved in a dispute with another foreigner inside the bar.
Foreign tourists are assaulted by a group of people carrying weapons on a street in Nha Trang Ward, Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam, in this video shared on social media.
A Vietnamese man who attempted to intervene was struck by one from the group of four foreigners, prompting the suspects to retrieve objects including a billiard cue, a wooden stick, and a metal rod and pursue the group as they fled.
Police said three men had been detained for questioning and that further investigative steps were under way to prepare criminal charges.
No details were immediately available on injuries to the victims.
Bao Anh - Nguyen Hoang / Tuoi Tre News
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