Crowds mourn cop who died to protect others
By Li Qian |
November 28, 2012, Wednesday
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THOUSANDS of people turned out yesterday to bid farewell to a 24-year-old police officer in Xuzhou, a city in eastern Jiangsu Province, who sacrificed his life to save other officers from an armed attack, officials said.
Huang Sheng and three other officers from Zifang community questioned a man surnamed Liu last Thursday in Bingzhou in Shandong Province as part of a fraud case investigation.
Liu, upset by the questioning, decided to attack the officers shortly after they left, authorities said. Liu gathered a group of people who used three off-road vehicles to box in the officers, smashing their vehicle's windows and beating the officers.
Huang, trying to protect his colleagues, was slashed in the back and later died at a hospital emergency room from excessive blood loss, according to a preliminary investigation. There were no details on the other officers' injuries.
Shandong police have arrested 15 suspects, China Central Television reported.
Huang's heroic acts deeply moved the public and crowds showed up to mourn him. Five police motorcycles led a hearse carrying his body in a funeral procession that went around downtown Xuzhou around 9am before going to the funeral home.
Locals lined the road, some with banners with messages such as, "You will always live in our minds." Hundreds of police queued outside the funeral home and saluted Huang's portrait.
Police officers, government officials and local residents lined up to pay tribute, many with tears in their eyes.
"He was such a great guy! I am so sad that he passed away just two years after he started working with us," a senior police officer told People's Daily.
Huang graduated from Jiangsu Police Institute in 2010 and was assigned to Zifang police station. His devotion and outstanding performance earned him praise from the Xuzhou Public Security Bureau as a star officer.
His girlfriend, called Sunny Tianrandai on the Internet, posted nearly 40 messages and pictures on Weibo. "Baby, you always wanted me to support and encourage your work. Now I will never hinder you."
Huang Sheng and three other officers from Zifang community questioned a man surnamed Liu last Thursday in Bingzhou in Shandong Province as part of a fraud case investigation.
Liu, upset by the questioning, decided to attack the officers shortly after they left, authorities said. Liu gathered a group of people who used three off-road vehicles to box in the officers, smashing their vehicle's windows and beating the officers.
Huang, trying to protect his colleagues, was slashed in the back and later died at a hospital emergency room from excessive blood loss, according to a preliminary investigation. There were no details on the other officers' injuries.
Shandong police have arrested 15 suspects, China Central Television reported.
Huang's heroic acts deeply moved the public and crowds showed up to mourn him. Five police motorcycles led a hearse carrying his body in a funeral procession that went around downtown Xuzhou around 9am before going to the funeral home.
Locals lined the road, some with banners with messages such as, "You will always live in our minds." Hundreds of police queued outside the funeral home and saluted Huang's portrait.
Police officers, government officials and local residents lined up to pay tribute, many with tears in their eyes.
"He was such a great guy! I am so sad that he passed away just two years after he started working with us," a senior police officer told People's Daily.
Huang graduated from Jiangsu Police Institute in 2010 and was assigned to Zifang police station. His devotion and outstanding performance earned him praise from the Xuzhou Public Security Bureau as a star officer.
His girlfriend, called Sunny Tianrandai on the Internet, posted nearly 40 messages and pictures on Weibo. "Baby, you always wanted me to support and encourage your work. Now I will never hinder you."
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