Korean woman killed, husband and daughter seriously injured in Vietnam robbery

Ambulances at the hospital where the Korean victims received surgery in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday. Korea Times photo by Jung Min-seung

By Jung Min-ho

A Korean woman has been stabbed to death and her husband and daughter seriously injured in a robbery in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's commercial hub.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sunday, an armed man who broke into their home in Phu My Hung, an affluent area in District 7, on Saturday at around 2 a.m. killed the woman, 49, and wounded her husband, 50, surnamed Yoon, and their daughter, 16.

Neighbors and construction workers nearby heard their screams and called police.

Yoon and the daughter were taken to a nearby hospital where they underwent surgery.

Their son, 11, who was there at the time, was unhurt.

According to the Korean Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and local media reports, the man was wearing a mask and a hoodie. He fled in a car, which police found in a field 10 kilometers away two hours later.

After checking surveillance cameras in the area, investigators are hunting for the suspect, the Korean Consulate General told the Hankook Ilbo, sister paper of The Korea Times.

The man stole expensive jewelry, but the Korean Consulate General said it was too early to tell if it was a robbery or a grudge crime.