Senior Lieutenant-Colonel Vu Viet Phang, chief of the team investigating the deaths, said the gamblers’ escape attempt and drowning in a nearby lake were unexpected.
The raid, carried out by the central police, had been in accordance with procedures, he added.
The central police said autopsies were being done on the five to pin-point the cause of death.
They added there was no evidence that the gambling den had had protection from the local police.
Over 70 officers raided a farmhouse belonging to Nguyen Dinh The in Tam Hiep Commune, rounding up 56 people who were gambling.
The owner and his wife, Hoang Thi Ban, managed to escape.
The five deceased men were Nguyen Van Manh, Tang Huu Huan, Vu Van Can, Nguyen Huu Tam, and Khuat Ngoc Tuan.
Reported by Viet Chien – Kap Long |
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