State Media: Police Arrest More Than 50 Suspects Following An Alleged Attack On Government Offices In Dak Lak Province

Vietnam’s State-run media on June 16 reported that police had detained more than 50 suspects, many of them ethnic minorities, in connection with their alleged involvement in a coordinated attack against government offices Ea Tieu and Ea Ktur communes in Dak Lak Province. According to the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), nine people were killed in the attack.

According to state news reports, in the early morning of June 11, an armed group of more than 40 assailants riding on motorbikes launched a brazen attack on the government offices. State media quoted information provided by Lt. Gen. To An Xo, spokesman of the MPS, that this group first went to the commune headquarters, throwing Molotov cocktails which set fire to the buildings. They later drove to the main road, stopping vehicles and allegedly shooting the drivers and passers-by.