June 14, 20233 yr Some local Vietnamese believe that the attacks may have their roots in long-simmering hostilities among Cambodians dating back to Pol Pot regime. Such incidents are extremely rare in the country. The search for perpetrators was facilitated by a pre-attack video found on phone of one of first captured. From Vietnam Express Police officers apprehend a suspect (C) involved in deadly attacks on two commune people's committee offices in Dak Lak Province. Eighteen more people involved in the deadly attacks on two commune offices in Dak Lak Province were arrested on Monday and Tuesday, taking the number apprehended so far to 45. Ten of them were caught on Monday, six on Tuesday afternoon and two others turned themselves in. To An Xo, the spokesman for the Ministry of Public Security, said Tuesday authorities are looking for the remaining suspects. But "there are no specific statistics" about the number of people wanted for the crimes, he added. On Sunday morning an unidentified group of people used guns to attack the Ea Tieu and Ea Ktur commune people's committee offices in Cu Kuin District in the Central Highlands province. Four police officers, two commune officials and three civilians were killed, and two police officers were injured. There has been no information about any attackers injured or killed. Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang and Deputy Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang on Monday visited and consoled the families of those killed.
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