Shocking crime in Laos as man, 44, brutally rapes and murders a 75-year-old woman in Houaphanh Province


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VIENTIANE (Laotian Times): Laos people were in shock as police confirmed that a 44-year-old man has brutally raped a woman in her mid-70s before killing her in Viengxay district of Houaphanh Province.

The attack occurred at approximately 9pm on Sept 29 when the assailant, Bangphone, forcibly entered the home of 75-year-old Somchay. Neither of them has a last name, according to an officer of Houaphanh Public Security. Last names are not common in rural areas, he clarified.

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