Taxi driver admits firing crossbow bolts at women
By Cai Wenjun |
December 3, 2012, Monday
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A TAXI driver is being held by police after two women were injured by bolts fired from a crossbow.
At the tip of the bolts were syringes containing a narcotic, police in northern China's Tianjin said.
The women were hit when walking alone at night or in the early morning.
Police said the case was still under investigation but the suspect, surnamed Tian, had admitted firing at the women, yesterday's Beijing Times reported.
The victims said Tian was driving a taxi and followed them after they had been hit. They thought he had been planning to abduct them, according to the newspaper.
Police caught Tian at his home on Friday, where they found 81 needles and syringes and a crossbow.
The first victim, a woman surnamed Dou, was shot in her left arm when she was out walking at about 5am on November 25. She said she felt her arm go numb and noticed a taxi parked close by.
The bolt failed to stick in her arm and fell to the ground. She picked it up and ran off as the taxi followed her. She reached a nearby store and sought help from people working there.
She called the police from home later that day after she had fallen asleep for several hours. There was about 5 milliliters of liquid left in the syringe, the newspaper said.
Police took her to hospital to be checked and she was told that the liquid was a narcotic which would have made her muscles go weak, making it impossible for her to defend herself.
The other attack took place last Wednesday when a woman surnamed Che was injured in the same way.
Police disclosed an "important clue" led them to Tian, who confessed that he was the man who fired on the women.
At the tip of the bolts were syringes containing a narcotic, police in northern China's Tianjin said.
The women were hit when walking alone at night or in the early morning.
Police said the case was still under investigation but the suspect, surnamed Tian, had admitted firing at the women, yesterday's Beijing Times reported.
The victims said Tian was driving a taxi and followed them after they had been hit. They thought he had been planning to abduct them, according to the newspaper.
Police caught Tian at his home on Friday, where they found 81 needles and syringes and a crossbow.
The first victim, a woman surnamed Dou, was shot in her left arm when she was out walking at about 5am on November 25. She said she felt her arm go numb and noticed a taxi parked close by.
The bolt failed to stick in her arm and fell to the ground. She picked it up and ran off as the taxi followed her. She reached a nearby store and sought help from people working there.
She called the police from home later that day after she had fallen asleep for several hours. There was about 5 milliliters of liquid left in the syringe, the newspaper said.
Police took her to hospital to be checked and she was told that the liquid was a narcotic which would have made her muscles go weak, making it impossible for her to defend herself.
The other attack took place last Wednesday when a woman surnamed Che was injured in the same way.
Police disclosed an "important clue" led them to Tian, who confessed that he was the man who fired on the women.
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