Tuoi Tre News
It is an unspeakable horror when mothers, who live to protect their children, are the ones that do the harming. That is the case with a young girl in the province of Binh Thuan in Vietnam is dealing with. Her monther burned her by pouring gasoline on her after she failed to sell all of the lottery tickets to help the family. Nguyen Thi Kim Linh, 12, sold lottery tickets to help her mother, Truong Thi Vy, 35, make ends meet.
A woman sells lottery tickets in Vietnam similar to the one 12-year-old Nguyen
Thi Linh Thi Kim Nguyen was selling. Her mother set her on fire after she was
unable to sell five of them and incurred a $17.82 debt. (Photo: Hoang Dinh
Nam/AFP/GettyImages)
Nguyen came home with five unsold tickets and accrued a $17.86 debt with the lottery agent. When asked why she hadn’t sold them, Nguyen remained silent, infuriating her mother. She then splashed her daughter with the gasoline and set her on fire.The burning girl then rushed to hug her mother in what appeared to be an instinctive reaction to her pain and set Truong on fire as well.
A neighbor saw the two on fire and immediately rushed to help them with water. Nguyen suffered third degree burns on 38% of her body while her mother suffered 10%.
Local police are handling the case and Truong has expressed remorse for her actions. Doctors are still monitoring Nguyen’s condition to see if she improves. http://tuoitrenews.vn/society/30083/vietnamese-mom-burns-daughter-over-unsold-lottery-tickets
