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Phnom Penh, Cambodia News: On December 24, 2018, a man rode up on his motorbike and ran amok at Family restaurant at Street 101, Group 25, Village 8, Sangkat Boeung Trabek, Khan Chamkarmorn. The man, a military officer, went berserk when he saw his ex-wife sitting there, eating a BBQ with her new boyfriend, a Chinese national.

In a frenzy of violence, the man attacked the couple with a knife, killing the Chinese man, stabbing him seven times, and leaving the woman to be taken to hospital, bleeding and wounded. The woman's mother was also seriously injured in the attack and taken to hospital.

The attacker has been identified as Kong Kosal, aged 39, the ex-husband of the woman he attacked, Ms Kong Sophara, aged 32. The couple were separated and going through the procedure for a divorce.

The Chinese national has been identified as Song Qingjun, male, 46 years old. His killer is still being sought by police.

Update: A security guard at the restaurant said that the attacker was also carrying a gun, so no one dared to intervene when he came in and went to stab the three victims.
The woman and her mother were transported by ambulance to emergency rooms at a private clinic, while the Chinese man died of his injuries on the way to the Russian hospital.

Police from the Chamkar Morn station are investigating. The killer is still at large.

December 26, 2018
Military officer wanted for killing wife’s boyfriend

Second Lieutenant Pol Seng, an officer with the commune police, yesterday said on Monday at about 7:30pm, Ms Sophara, Ms Eng and Ms Sophara’s two children were having dinner with Mr Song, who had been dating Ms Sophara, at Family BBQ Buffet in Boeng Trabek.

Sec Lt Seng said Cap Kosal, who was in civilian clothing, entered the restaurant and walked towards the table where his family was sitting and began stabbing Mr Song.

“He was angry with Mr Song for having an affair with his estranged wife,” he said. “He took a vegetable knife and stabbed the victim in the face, chest, stomach and penis, causing fatal injuries.”

“Ms Sophara and Ms Eng attempted to intervene by holding down Cap Kosal,” Sec Lt Seng added. “Cap Kosal then turned to them and began slashing his knife at his estranged wife and mother-in-law.”

He said that Cap Kosal, who was also carrying a shotgun, fled the scene on his motorbike, noting that witnesses at the restaurant then called police.
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ARREST UPDATE.

(Preah Vihear - Phnom Penh), Cambodia News: The chief suspect in the stabbing at Family BBQ Buffet, Khan Chamkar Morn, Phnom Penh, on Monday, December 24, 2018, has been arrested in Preah Vihear on 3 January 2019.

The man, rumored to be a military officer, stabbed his ex-wife's Chinese boyfriend to death, before attacking and wounding his ex-wife, her mother and the restaurant owner, who had tried to intervene. The stabbing took place in front of the couple's two children, who were unharmed.
The murder suspect will be sent to Phnom Penh by Preah Vihear criminal police.

Suspect Charged with Premeditated Murder
Phnom Penh, Cambodia News: On 8 January 2019, Captain Kong Kosal, an army medic with Regiment 91 in Kampong Speu province, was charged and jailed by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
The suspect is charged with the murder of a Chinese businessman and injuring his ex-wife and her mother in a knife attack at a restaurant.

“The prosecutor has charged him with premeditated murder,” Major Sok Piseth, a police officer with the Interior Ministry’s penal department, said yesterday. “He is facing a punishment of life in prison if convicted. He is now in prison pending a trial.”