Killing of Nguyễn Xuân Đạt

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On January 25, 2025, Nguyễn Xuân Đạt was killed and dismembered, in what was later described as a consensual homicide, in Hữu Lũng commune, Lạng Sơn province, Vietnam. The recording of the killing had been circulated on shock sites and social media in late July 2025. In August 2025, American magazine Vice claimed the footage associated with it as the first "real snuff movie". The footage, dubbed The Vietnamese Butcher, was distributed on Telegram groups and dark web marketplaces as early as February 2025. The murder suspect, former Vietnamese government official Đoàn Văn Sáng, was revealed by Internet users. The alleged evidence against Sáng was published online in an 88-page document, after which his identity was confirmed by the police. The Vietnamese government had later discouraged the public from interacting with the documents. In November 2025, after both international and local outrage, the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam and the Lạng Sơn provincial police arrested Sáng on...

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