<p>Four people were shot dead at an illegal cockfighting betting ring in southern Vietnam, state media reported on Wednesday, a rare gun homicide in the communist country.</p>.<p>Local residents heard gunshots and screams from a garden where the cockfight took place, according to Cong An Nhan dan website, the Ministry of Public Security’s official mouthpiece.</p>.<p>“There was a quarrel over cockfight betting which led to the shooting,” the website reported.</p>.<p>State-run VNExpress news site said the suspected shooter fled the scene on a motorbike and was arrested later on Wednesday. Police refused to comment.</p>.<p>Gun violence is extremely uncommon in Vietnam, where it is illegal for citizens to own firearms and the black market for weapons is limited.</p>.<p>Betting on cockfights is also illegal, although the pastime is ubiquitous underground in the gambling-mad country.</p>
<p>Four people were shot dead at an illegal cockfighting betting ring in southern Vietnam, state media reported on Wednesday, a rare gun homicide in the communist country.</p>.<p>Local residents heard gunshots and screams from a garden where the cockfight took place, according to Cong An Nhan dan website, the Ministry of Public Security’s official mouthpiece.</p>.<p>“There was a quarrel over cockfight betting which led to the shooting,” the website reported.</p>.<p>State-run VNExpress news site said the suspected shooter fled the scene on a motorbike and was arrested later on Wednesday. Police refused to comment.</p>.<p>Gun violence is extremely uncommon in Vietnam, where it is illegal for citizens to own firearms and the black market for weapons is limited.</p>.<p>Betting on cockfights is also illegal, although the pastime is ubiquitous underground in the gambling-mad country.</p>