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Knife-wielding kidnapper shot dead in Guangdong

POLICE today shot dead a suspect who held a two-year-old girl at knifepoint for three hours when negotiation failed in Zhuhai City, southern Guangdong Province.

The man in his 30s kidnapped the girl with a kitchen knife around 8am this morning in Nanping Town of Zhuhai, the local Nanfang Daily reported.

Police fired two shots and killed the suspect after a three-hour negotiation failed to persuade him to release the girl.

The girl suffered minor cuts in her throat and was sent to a hospital for treatment.

The man had attempted to kidnap an old woman and a boy but failed.

Police investigation is still ongoing.





 

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