A little flirtation ended tragically for a young man in the capital’s Meanchey district on Saturday. The girl he was eyeing turned out to be the girlfriend of a jealous gangster, who set upon the young man with a group of six to seven people, armed with sticks.

Though the victim shouted for help, villagers only got to him when he was already knocked down, his head covered in blood. They took him to the hospital and the assailants vanished before police arrived.

Rasmei Kampuchea