Was beaten to death with a hammer by a neighbor because… karaoke was too loud

On May 23, the Investigative Police Department of Tan Chau Town, An Giang Province said that it had made a decision to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused and execute the arrest warrant for Do Thanh Tai (SN 1991; living in Le Chanh commune, Tan Chau town) for intentionally causing injury.

According to information from the investigating agency, in the early afternoon of January 5, Nguyen Van M. (SN 1993), a neighbor of the Tai family, held a drinking party at home with friends. While drinking, M. used a portable speaker to sing karaoke. Hearing the neighbors sing with the sound too loud, while his young daughter was studying online, Tai suggested Mr. M. turn off the speakers.

Police officer is recording Do Thanh Tai’s testimony

At this time, M. stopped singing but played loud music. Angry, Tai took the hammer in the house and went straight to the place where he was drinking, then hit M.’s head with a hammer, causing serious injury, then went home.

M. was taken to the hospital by the people around him with an injury rate of 35%.