A FURIOUS wife dragged her husband’s mistress from her beauty salon by her hair, stripped her naked and burnt her with corrosive chilli powder after accusing her of having an affair with her husband.
Because of the strength of the extra hot chilli powder, the woman was left with facial marks and multiple bruising following the attack on Tuesday evening at around 10pm.
The 30-year-old was dragged onto a packed street in Thanh Hoa, Vietnam, by her hair.
The wife of the unnamed man then pulled off the woman’s clothes and pulled her trousers down before covering her in fish sauce.
David Pam, who witnessed the altercation on a busy high street in the eastern city, said the woman then smothered the naked beauty therapist in hot chilli powder.
The practice is said to be a growing copycat trend in the country, which has emerged when wives confront their husband’s mistresses.
Mr Pam photographed the brutal scene and local police are now interviewing the injured woman and are investigating the attack.
Eyewitness Mr Pam said: ”There was lots of cursing at the women. The wife said she had been married for ten years and that the beauty spa owner had destroyed her marriage.
”There were a group of women helping her. She pulled her hair and slapped her. She put chilli powder over her body in the middle of the High Street.
”The victim showed no resistance, she just was on the ground and received it. I think she was taken to hospital because of burns caused by the powder.”
Thanh Hoa Police Chief Lam Son Ward told local media that officers received a call at 10pm about a girl who was jealous and had attacked another woman with fish sauce and chilli.
Mr Ward said of the attack: ”When officers arrived, all parties involved had left the scene.
“The cause of the case is now being verified. There are signs of a crime being committed by humiliating another person.”
The alleged attacker, if found guilty, could be charged with humiliating another person, intentionally inflicting injury and causing public disorder.
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And Thanh Hoa police head Nguyen Chi Phuong confirmed an investigation had been launched, saying: ”After the investigation is completed, the public security bodies will handle the case strictly according to the law with regards to the violence displayed, the hooliganism and the lack of culture.”
The attack is not the first time a jealous lover has taken matters into their own hands in Vietnam.
In September 2016, a love cheat was recovering in hospital after his mistress’s husband allegedly chopped off his penis and threw it away.
The victim’s relatives found his missing penis two hours later after begging his attacker to reveal what he did with it.
It was then rushed to a hospital where surgeons reattached it to the unnamed 32-year-old in a 12-hour-long operation.