An Giang police arrested Cuong and Nho, 41, on 17/8 for involuntary manslaughter.
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The location where Tran Huu Cuong set the fatal electric rat trap. Photo: Tien Tam |
The location where Tran Huu Cuong set the fatal electric rat trap. Photo: Tien Tam
Cuong, who leases farmland in Chau Phong commune, had been experiencing crop damage due to rats and decided to set an electric trap. On the morning of 15/8, he hired Nho to help him string wire around the field. That evening, Cuong connected a car battery to the wires.
About an hour later, Cuong disconnected the battery and went to check the trap. He discovered Hoang, 53, a local resident who was fishing, had been electrocuted. Panicked, Cuong decided to turn himself in to the authorities.
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Tran Huu Cuong upon turning himself in. Photo: Tien Tam |
Tran Huu Cuong upon turning himself in. Photo: Tien Tam
Article 64 of the 2004 Electricity Law (amended in 2012) prohibits the use of electricity to trap animals in a way that endangers human life. Despite this, fatal incidents involving electric rat traps have been reported in several locations.
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