Article from: Tuoi Tre

A 23-year-old man has survived an operation after he was thrust into his left orbit with a sword.

Bui Ngoc Tuan, from the central province of Thanh Hoa, Tuesday evening had a row with two cab drivers over the taxi fares after they had taken him together with 10 other people back to their hotel in Dong Hoi City of the central province of Quang Binh.

Bui Ngoc Tuan with a 50-centimeter sword stuck in his eye socket Photo: Tuoi Tre

The ten are part of a group comprising 30 people, also from Thanh Hoa, who dropped by Dong Hoi on their way home after travelling with Tuan to Da Nang and Quang Tri Provinces in central Vietnam.

The cab drivers, after a while, called in a gang who then rushed to attack the passengers with sticks, knives, and swords.

One of them suddenly thrust a 50-centimeter sword into Tuan’s left eye socket. The others were slightly hurt.

An X-ray image of Tuan's skull. Photo: Dan Tri

Tuan was immediately taken to a nearby hospital, and then sent to Hue central hospital in Thua Thien Hue Province as local doctors said the wound was truly serious.

He survived the operation at the latter hospital though the sword penetrated almost 10 cm deep inside the orbit.

His eye was luckily not damaged and neither was any part of his brain, doctors at Hue hospital confirmed.

Dong Hoi police have detained the taxi drivers, working for Vietnam’s leading taxi service provider Mai Linh, and two members of the gang for investigation.

The bloody part that pierced almost 10 cm through Tuan's eye socket. Photo: Dan Tri

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