On July 3, Vinh Long City Police (Vinh Long) said they had just worked with two teenagers who used slingshots to break the windshields of a series of passenger buses traveling on the My Thuan - Can Tho highway.

They are NHD (17 years old) and T. (11 years old), both living in Tan Hoa ward, Vinh Long city.

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The slingshot that two teenagers used to break the windows of a series of passenger buses. Photo: Police

Accordingly, at around 9:30 p.m. on July 2, Tan Hoa Ward Police received a report that a passenger bus had its windshield shot out while traveling on the My Thuan - Can Tho highway.

When arriving at the scene to verify, the police discovered D. and T. walking on a nearby road, carrying 3 slingshots, 459 iron balls, and 2 headlamps. The police invited the two teenagers to the headquarters for clarification.

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The passenger bus window was shot out. Photo: EX

At the police station, D. and T. admitted that on the evening of the same day, because they were sad, they invited each other to go to the residential road next to the My Thuan - Can Tho highway and used slingshots to shoot iron balls at the passenger buses that were moving.

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The number of iron ball bullets seized by the police. Photo: Police

At the same time, D. and T. also confessed that on the evening of June 28, they also used slingshots to break the windows of 6 other passenger buses running on the highway, passing through Vinh Long. At that time, they were shooting rats near the highway and then "got itchy" so they turned to "shooting passenger buses for fun".

According to the police, drivers reported that 1-2 side windshields were broken, each vehicle suffered property damage of 4-6.5 million VND.

Currently, D. and T. are on bail from their families. The police are investigating the incident and have asked the driver whose car window was broken during the aforementioned time to report it so that they can be handled according to regulations.

Many sleeper buses running on the My Thuan - Can Tho highway are suspected to have had their windows broken by bullets.
Traffic Police are verifying a clip that is said to show a driver driving a car at a speed of up to 210km/h on the My Thuan - Can Tho highway.