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Arrest made in fatal stabbing of two Vietnamese in Las Vegas

A suspect in the killings of two Vietnamese at the Circus Circus Casino hotel and casino in Las Vegas, the US, was arrested on June 7, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Arrest made in fatal stabbing of two Vietnamese in Las Vegas ảnh 1Two Vietnamese were stabbed to death at the Circus Circus Casino hotel and casino in Las Vegas, the US. (Photo: AFP/VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – A suspect in the killings of two Vietnamese at the CircusCircus Casino hotel and casino in Las Vegas, the US, was arrested on June 7,according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

FBI spokesperson Laura Eimiller said Julius Trotter was located in a home inChino, California and was arrested after a car chase. The arrest came a dayafter police in Las Vegas said they were seeking a man in his late 20s with atattoo just below the neckline, AP reported.

Lieutenant Ray Spencer from the Las Vegas Police said that the attack probablyhappened about the time someone reported hearing arguing in a room on the 21st floor of the hotel.

Security videos showed a man going to the top floor of the hotel just after 4 amon June 2 (US time) and 45 minutes later wearing a backpack that police saidbelonged to Nguyen Le Ba Khuong, one of the two victims.

Julius Trotter is being held at a jail in San Bernardino County. Last year,Trotter pleaded guilty in Las Vegas and was sentenced to five years ofprobation for felony resisting of a police officer with a weapon and recklessdriving.

Investigation results showed the woman was Nghia Boi Sang, born in 1979,director of the Trieu Hao tourism company, and the man Nguyen Le Ba Khuong,born in 1988, a worker at Sang’s company.

The two came to Las Vegas with a Vietnamese tourist group, who were on a triporganised by their company.

The two bodies were found in their hotel room with multiple stab wounds on June2.

The Vietnamese Embassy had sent a letter to the Las Vegas Metropolitan PoliceDepartment, asking for information on the case. The embassy also worked withthe Vietnam Consulate General in San Francisco and Ho Chi Minh City Departmentof Home Affairs to assist the victims’ families in obtaining a US visa and incompleting procedures to transfer the bodies to Vietnam.-VNA
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