Cambodian police launch probe into Mondulkiri killing spree


Police examine the body of a man who was killed in Mondulkiri province on Feb 2. - FACEBOOK

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Five people were killed and another boy seriously injured following a violent rampage by an unidentified man in Pou Chrei commune’s Me Pai village of Mondulkiri province’s Pech Chreada district.

Provincial deputy police chief So Sovann said the five murders had occurred on Feb 1. The case was now being investigated by the police, but they had not yet drawn any strong conclusions.

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