Police on Wednesday questioned a number of suspects in relation to the murder of a village security guard who was found dead with three stab wounds in the capital’s Dangkor district late on Tuesday.

According to the National Police website on Wednesday, a man identified as Thach Sou, was arrested on suspicion of the murder.

Before the incident, Sou and his friend Keo Monirath, invited the victim to a drinking party at a restaurant in Dangkor commune.

While returning home, the victim met the suspect, who stabbed him three times on the chest and left arm near a pagoda.