Kidnapping in Changchun
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-07-08 12:20

A man with a knife threatens to kill a woman driver in the red Volkswagen Bora, at Xinwenhua Street in Changchun, provincial capital of Northeast China's Jilin, July 7, 2004. A taxi driver reported to police  Wednesday morning that the woman driver in the car was kidnapped by a man. After 3 hours of negotiations failed, police shot the 25-year-old kidnapper on the spot. The hostage died later on in hospital. No information was available on how she was injured. The reason for the kidnapping is still unknown. [Xinhua]

The 25-year-old kidnapper is shot dead by police after three hours of negotiations failed. [Xinhua]

Police put the woman hostage into an ambulance after she was injured by the kidnapper. The woman died later in the hospital. [Xinhua]

Police in Changchun surround a red Volkswagen Bora Wednesday morning after a taxi driver reported to police that the woman driver in the car was kidnapped by a man with a knife, July 7, 2004. [Xinhua]

A woman kidnapped earlier Wednesday in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, died in hospital from severe wounds sustained in the kidnapping.

The kidnapper, 25-year-old Chen Haorang, attempted to extort 100,000 yuan (US$12,048) of money from her, and was eventually shot and killed by the police.

Chen seized the woman with a knife in her Bora car when she was just about to drive away after dropping her kid off at kindergarten at 7:47 a.m., said police.

A scream for help by the woman made passers-by report the situation to police immediately.

More than 100 policemen rushed to the scene to rescue the woman and had to shoot the kidnapper after all attempts made in about three hours failed to persuade him to surrender and release the hostage.

The hostage was rushed to hospital for treatment but died as her neck artery and throat had been cut by the kidnapper.

Chen was found to have also taken an ax with him in the kidnapping.