Khmer-Australian and his wife killed in axe attack

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Khmer-Australian and his wife killed in axe attack

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Man Sought in Fatal Ax Attack of Sister, Brother-in-Law
March 31, 2017

Police on Friday were seeking a 33-year-old mentally ill man accused of fatally attacking his sister and brother-in-law with an ax in Kompong Chhang province, an official said.

Morn Ta Aun fled the scene after killing his older sister, Morn Chanthon, 35, and her husband, Sam Sao, 53, a Cambodian- Australian national at about 7:30 a.m. on Thursday at their home in Kompong Tralach district’s Longvek commune, said Loch Sovannara, the provincial police chief.

Mr. Ta Aun, who is mentally ill, struck his brother-in-law about the head, face and body, then attacked his sister from behind as she lifted her husband’s body from the ground after returning to the house, Mr. Sovannara said.

Mr. Tau Aun had been mentally ill for a long time, though it wasn’t certain that his illness played a part in the murders, Mr. Sovannara said.
After murdering his relatives, the suspect took bath and changed clothes, then fled the house on a motorbike taxi, he said...
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- A man police say has a long history of mental illness and who is accused of hacking his sister and brother-in-law to death with an ax in Kompong Chhnang province told arresting police officers on Wednesday that he was following the orders of a “magic master.”

“The suspect confessed he was angry with his sister and brother-in-law,” Mr. Vuthy said.
“He confessed his magic master ordered him to kill.”
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CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Sat Apr 01, 2017 8:15 pmMr. Tau Aun had been mentally ill for a long time, though it wasn’t certain that his illness played a part in the murders, Mr. Sovannara said.
Jesus, so perfectly normal behaviour, then?

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