NEW BERN, N.C. — A Burmese immigrant accused of stabbing three young brothers to death had scared another neighborhood family by knocking on their door several times at night.
“He’s crazy,” neighbor Ner Wah said. “I told my wife: ‘Be careful. Don’t answer the door.’ “
The suspect, 18-year-old Eh Lar Doh Htoo, attacked a Burmese family in their home Tuesday night with a knife, killing the brothers — ages 1, 5 and 12, police said. When officers arrived, he was holding the knife, said New Bern Police Chief Toussaint Summers Jr.
Htoo also wounded the brothers’ mother and their 14-year-old sister. Police said they don’t know a motive for the attack.
Htoo was charged with three counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Police said they don’t know whether he has an attorney.
New Bern is home to about 1,900 Burmese refugees who resettled in the area after fleeing persecution from the country once called Burma, now Myanmar. “Anytime this happens in any community, any part of town, it’s surprising,” Summers said.
