A Vietnamese man has died of suffocation
after his wife grabbed his testicles in a
domestic argument - and refused to release
her fierce grip for five minutes. With his face turning purple as his wife
squeezed and squeezed, 53-year-old Le
Kim Khai choked to death when food
became stuck in his windpipe, causing
suffocation. The incident began when Khai and his wife
became involved in a violent fight after he
had returned home in the southern province
of Tien Giang and found the doors locked,
Tuoi Tre News reports. Tien Giang police told the news site that Khai
was furious when he arrived home to find
himself locked out, with his wife and two
daughters refusing to let him in. He responded by cutting into the lock with a
handsaw - and it was then that the domestic
battle began. Khai, the head of a neighbourhood security
unit, reportedly set about his wife with his
fists, despite his daughters’ attempts to stop
him. In her desperation, Chuong grabbed Khai’s
testicles and squeezed - hard. Khai fell to his knees, her hand still grasping
him, before she jumped on his stomach to
hold him down as she continued squeezing. Hearing screams from everyone involved,
neighbours ran into the house, where they
found Chuong sitting on her husband, his
private area still grasped in her hand, while
his face turned purple. She finally agreed to release him as police
sped to the house. By then Khai, whose testicles had been
crushed for at least five minutes, had slipped
into unconsciousness and was found to be
dead on arrival at hospital. Doctors found that he had choked to death
as he vomited food while in the agonising
grip of his wife. Chuong, the news site reported, told police
that she had been repeatedly assaulted over
time by her husband and had only intended
to ‘warn him’ when she grabbed his testicles.
