Hospital hostage standoff

Source:CFP Published: 2013-5-20 0:18:04

 

A university student surnamed Chen, 18, holds a female doctor hostage at Wuhan No. 9 Hospital, Hubei Province Saturday. Chen had hit an elderly woman with his bike, and could not afford to pay the medical fees her family demanded. Becoming angry, he took the woman hostage for about 98 minutes with a fruit knife before police managed to arrest him and free the doctor, who was unharmed. Photo: CFP
A university student surnamed Chen, 18, holds a female doctor hostage at Wuhan No. 9 Hospital, Hubei Province Saturday. Chen had hit an elderly woman with his bike, and could not afford to pay the medical fees her family demanded. Becoming angry, he took the woman hostage for about 98 minutes with a fruit knife before police managed to arrest him and free the doctor, who was unharmed. Photo: CFP

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