After being taken back to the criminal investigation team, Bai Qing confessed to the fact of holding a hostage without reservation. However, he did not think his actions were criminal, feeling that the child was not injured, and the foreman owed him several thousand yuan in wages first. Photo by reporter Lv Pinzhang.
Police officers on the scene pooled money to rescue the kidnapped boy.
According to the report (by reporter Wang Yuanyuan and correspondent Wang Qingtao), yesterday afternoon, a man attempted to extort overdue wages from a foreman by holding a 4-year-old boy at knifepoint in front of a supermarket in Huangcun, Daxing. The police on the scene pooled their money together and took advantage of the moment of handing over the money to subdue the man and safely rescue the boy.
At around 4:40 PM yesterday afternoon, an elderly woman was taking her 4-year-old child for a walk when she reached the entrance of a supermarket and a man rushed behind the elder and grabbed the child next to her.
After receiving the alarm, the Daxing police quickly responded.
The man held a knife to a 4-year-old boy and kept shouting: "Give me the money quickly, I just want the money, give me the money and I won't hurt him."
According to the police, in order to prevent the suspect from injuring the child, several policemen emptied their pockets and pooled money together, saying to the suspect while pooling the money: "We'll pool money for you, don't hurt the child."
About two minutes later, the policemen had pooled a handful of money. Around 5:10 PM, the policemen soothed the emotions of the abductor and approached him bit by bit with the cash.
"Here's your money, put down the child, let's talk after you take the money." When the man saw the policeman preparing to hand him the money, he put down the child and leaned over to take the money from the policeman, only to be grabbed by the policeman. Several other policemen then moved forward to subdue him.
At the same time, the elderly woman rushed forward to pick up the boy.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect was Bai Qing (male, 28 years old). Due to a labor dispute with the foreman at his construction site, he seized a little boy on the side of the road, attempting to extort money through threats.
Currently, this case is under further review.