VietNamNet Bridge – Being in a coffee shop with her friends, Yen, 24, was called out to talk by a young guy, who then suddenly poured gasoline on her body and set on fire. The girl’s body was burned 95 percent.
The two bikes that were burnt because of flame from Yen.
At 20h on April 20, Ms. Phan Thi Hai Yen, 24 years old, from Thanh Khe District, Da Nang city was being on a cafe on Le Dinh Duong road, Hai Chau district when she got a phone call from a man. Yen walked out of the coffee shop to see the man, who suddenly threw gasoline on her body and lit her on fire.
“The fire covered the girl. Many people used water and wet blankets to stamp the fire but her entire body was burned. The culprit jumped on a friend’s motorcycle to escape,” a witness said.
The victim was taken to the Da Nang General Hospital for emergency aid. However, she died in the evening of April 21.
At the scene, two motorcycles were burnt because of the gasoline and the fire from Yen. Next to them was an old paint barrel that was used to contain petrol. The fire also destroyed a sign plate in front of the coffee shop. Dozens of police officers appeared to examine and investigate the incident.
According to Mr. Phan Hai Son, Yen’s father, the victim was working as a graphic designer at the Hoa Khanh Industrial Zone. Recently, a young man usually flirted with her on the phone but she refused because she was engaged and planned to hold her wedding next month.
“The friends who were in the café with daughter confirmed that the young man who flirted my daughter caused the incident. We provided the phone number of this man to the police,” Son said.
The local police have defined the culprit. That is a man named Nguyen Phuoc Thanh, 33, an automobile painter from Hai Duong city. Thanh has fled to Nghe An Province. The police are hunting the culprit.
Le Ha