Family exits window to escape fire
A man in Kunming with suspected debts of more than 300,000 yuan ($43,700) was detained on May 16 after allegedly hiring five men to steal back a luxury car that a court had seized from him. According to reports, the men managed to drive off in the car, which was parked outside the city’s Panlong District People’s Court, but were stopped by police soon after. An investigation found that the debtor, surnamed Li, was the leader of the gang who attempted the theft, police said.
H UA NQ I U.C O M Two off-duty police officers in Xinping county managed to successfully subdue a drunken teenager who was threatening passers-by with a sword on May 12. The 19-year-old, surnamed Liu, was in a rage after fighting with his girlfriend, according to reports. The officers, Wu Chuanling and Zhao Jinghua, spotted the teenager brandishing the sword and immediately restrained him, sustaining minor injuries in the process. Liu was later put in a detention house for eight days as punishment.
CH I N A N E WS .CO M .C N A man in his 30s, surnamed Jiang, who was found dead at his home in Lianshui county on May 15, is suspected to have accidentally killed himself when using an electric saw. Police arrived at the scene after someone reported finding Jiang lying on the ground under an electric saw, covered in blood. Doctors said Jiang died after his windpipe and a major artery were severed by the electric saw while he was undertaking an interior decoration task.
YA NG T Z E E V E N I N G N E W S A family of seven escaped a fire after jumping out of a window to safety in Yangzhong on May 14. A female family member, who was sleeping in the living room, woke her parents when she found a fire had broken out in their second-story apartment at about 2 am. Her father, surnamed Ren, broke a burglar mesh outside the window when he found the fire was blocking access to the main door. The fire was brought under control in 30 minutes after three fire engines carrying 15 firefighters arrived at the scene.
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