Tuesday, April 20, 2021, 18:21 GMT+7
Pham Van Dung is held at the police station in Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province, Vietnam, April 19, 2021 in this supplied photo.
A man from the southern Vietnamese province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau has been arrested for murdering and raping a five-year-old girl last weekend.
The provincial Department of Public Security confirmed on Monday it had apprehended and initiated legal proceedings against Pham Van Dung, 46, for killing and raping an under 16-year-old person.
The victim was P.N.Q.N., Dung’s five-year-old neighbor.
Police investigation showed that Dung went to the house of T.A., who is a neighbor, to attend the death anniversary of the latter’s family member on Saturday evening.
Man arrested for raping, killing 5-year-old girl in southern Vietnam
By Truong Ha April 19, 2021 | 03:46 pm GMT+7
Pham Van Dung is held at a police station in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, April 19, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Truong Ha.
Police in the southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province on Monday arrested a local man on allegations of having raped and killing a five-year-old girl near his home.
Pham Van Dung, 46, is being investigated for murder and rape.
He had confessed to the murder at the police station, officers told the press Monday afternoon but have yet to announce whether he had also admitted to the sexual assault of the girl after autopsy results revealed she had been raped and strangled to death.