Vietnamese Guard Opens Fire on the Cambodian Border

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Vietnamese Guard Opens Fire on the Cambodian Border

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Vietnam border guard opens fire on colleagues before committing suicide
Jun 16, 2019, 2:59 am SGT
HANOI (AFP) - A Vietnamese border guard open fire and injured three people at his patrol station before killing himself on Saturday (June 15), state media reported in the communist country where gun violence is extremely rare.

Civilians are banned from owning guns in Vietnam, a one-party state where a vast police force and soldiers are among the few officials with access to weapons.

On Saturday, a border guard in southern Long An province near Cambodia opened fire at his post injuring two colleagues and a local resident, according to the official Vietnam News Agency.

The shooter holed himself up at the post in Binh Hiep commune before committing suicide, VNA said, identifying him as second lieutenant Ta Quang Dat.

"Dat had shown recent signs of psychological disorder and he just returned from treatment," VNA reported.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-as ... ng-suicide
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