Father slits infant’s neck with machete

A 35-year old man who was high on drugs killed his 16-month-old daughter by slitting her neck using a machete on Monday in Ratanakiri province. However, his attempt to kill his wife turned futile when she fled from the scene. The brutal murder took place about 12.30pm on Monday at a cashew plantation in Lumphat district’s Lbaing I commune.

District deputy police chief Major Pen Theng identified the suspect as Long Kosal, a cashew worker from Kampong Cham province’s Prey Chhour district. The child was identified as Long Sreyvouch and the mother as Mean Mom, 33. Maj Theng said the suspect and his wife had been working as cashew workers at the plantation since 2020.

According to Mom, he added the suspect was high on drugs when he got into an argument with her and blamed her for his drug addiction. During the heated argument, he said, the suspect took out a machete and chased after his wife with the intention of killing her but she managed to escape into the cashew plantation.

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