Man arrested over stabbing death of Deer Park Post Office owner

Deer Park stabbing

The scene of the murder in Deer Park, where police were searching for evidence after a post office owner was discovered dead in his store. Picture: Trevor Pinder
Source: Herald Sun


Deer Park stabbing

Forensic and Homicide Police searched for evidence at the Post Office in Deer Park. Picture: Trevor Pinder
Source: Herald Sun


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UPDATE 4.10pm: A 32-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested over the stabbing death of a Melbourne shop owner.


Homicide squad detectives arrested the man in the Bacchus Marsh area about 2.20pm (AEDT).

The man, of Bacchus Marsh, west of Melbourne, is helping police with their inquiries.

Dung Nguyen’s body was found by his distraught wife and two teenage children in his Australia Post and Tattslotto agency in Deer Park, in Melbourne’s west about 8.30pm on Tuesday.

The 48-year-old had been stabbed multiple times.

It comes after Mr Nguyen’s older sister, Buyen, broke down in tears at the scene.

“My sister phoned to say my brother’s dead,” she said, adding he was the only boy of four children.

Lilly Huynh, one of Mr Nguyen’s former employees, described him as a father figure.

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“I was just devastated; I just didn’t want to believe it was him,” said Ms Huynh, 18. “He’s such a nice guy. I’ve learnt a lot from him.”

She joined local traders and customers in laying flowers at the scene yesterday. She said he was a hard-working, family-oriented man. “He was very generous, he was very happy,” she said.

Police believe the Meadow Heights man, who was stabbed several times, was killed between 6.15 and 8.30pm.

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