The two Farmers from Dong Tam village stand between police during the verdict in their trial over the deaths of three police officers and a farmer during a land dispute in Jan 9, at a court in Hanoi, Vietnam on Sept 14, 2020. - AFP
HANOI, Sept 15 (AFP): A Vietnam court sentenced two brothers to death on Monday (sept 14) after a long-running land dispute spiralled into rare violence which left three police officers and a villager dead.
Residents of Dong Tam commune in a Hanoi suburb have for years clashed with authorities, accusing the military of illegally seizing their farmland for an airport.
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