Multiple injuries are seen on a boy's head and face, who was found trapped inside a freezer in Ha Nam. Photo by VnExpress/Pham Du

 

A 3-year-old boy was trapped inside a freezer for over an hour after he went to a neighbor's house in Ha Nam Province, police said.

 

VN Express reported that Police in the northern province of Ha Nam said Sunday that a suspect has been summoned in the case, but provided no further information as they were still "verifying the incident."

 

At around 11:15 p.m. Saturday, the National Children's Hospital in Hanoi received a young patient transferred from a Ha Nam hospital with respiratory failure, hypothermia and injuries in the head, face and neck.

 

Doctors said the boy had suffered from physical injuries, hemorrhage and inflammation on the head, face, neck and tongue, making it difficult for him to eat.

 

The boy's health has stabilized since.

 

"The patient's family said he was found trapped inside a carton box kept in a freezer. At the time he was found, the boy was delirious," a doctor said.

 

Ngo Minh Toan, chairman of the Nhan Chinh Commune People's Committee, said the incident happened Saturday afternoon in Thuong Vi Village.

 

The suspect is someone who’d came to the area and rented a house in Nhan Chinh Commune to sell iced tea, he said.

 

"At around 3 p.m. Saturday, the boy came to the suspect's house to play. By 5 p.m., the boy's grandfather did not see him returning home, so he checked the security cameras and saw that the boy never left the suspect's house. His family went to the suspect's house and found the boy in the freezer," Toan said.

 

Man faces murder charge for strangling, stashing boy inside freezer

 

Nguyen Truong Giang at a police station in Ha Nam Province for stashing a 3-year-old boy in a freezer. Photo by VnExpress/Xuan Hoa

 

A man in northern Vietnam's Ha Nam Province has been detained after allegedly strangling and stashing a 3-year-old boy inside a freezer.

 

Nguyen Truong Giang, 25, was detained by Ha Nam police Sunday for behavior that may constitute a murder charge.

 

Giang said that at 3:20 p.m. on Saturday, a 3-year-old neighboring boy had come to his milk tea store, rented from boy's family. The boy drank a glass of milk tea, followed Giang into the kitchen for biscuits, then sat on his bed and ate.

 

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