A fire that ripped through a karaoke bar in the Vietnamese capital killed 11 people and injured two others in a suspected arson attack, police said on Thursday.
Pictures on state media showed the blackened multi-storey building in western Hanoi, largely destroyed by flames, and piles of twisted metal strewn nearby.
Police said they received reports of a fire at 11pm (1600 GMT) “with many people trapped inside”.
Rescue workers rushed to the scene and managed to bring out seven people alive, two of whom were rushed to hospital. Eleven people were found dead, they said.
“The police suspect that the cafe was (deliberately) burned down and ... have arrested the perpetrator,” Hanoi police said in a statement.
