Police in Dak Lak province, in Vietnam’s Central Highlands, have arrested 22 people in connection with an armed attack on two police stations, according to state media reports Monday.
The Ministry of Public Security had previously reported on its website that six suspects had been taken into custody in connection with Sunday morning’s attack on police stations in Ea Tieu and Ea Ktur communes. It said six people – police officers and commune officials – were killed in the attack and several officers, commune officials and civilians were injured.
The State-linked Voice of Vietnam website said Monday that police had now arrested 22 people and freed two hostages, quoting Ministry of Public Security spokesperson Lieut. Gen. To An Xo, who said another hostage escaped on his own.
Previously, two state newspapers, VnExpress and Cong Thuong (Industry and Trade), published detailed information about the incident, saying that at dawn on June 11, around 40 people wearing camouflage vests split into two groups to attack the two police stations. The motive is not clear.
Some of them then stopped a pickup truck and shot and killed the driver, according to a VnExpress bulletin, which was deleted shortly after posting. Cong Thuong also reported the shooting of the driver but then withdrew its article.
Translated by RFA Vietnamese. Edited by Mike Firn.
