A man held his girlfriend hostage on a rooftop in China after her parents refused to approve their marriage.
Holding a meat cleaver to the woman's throat, the construction worker - named Lin - stripped naked in front of hundreds of onlookers and armed police, ordering his girlfriend to do the same in a bid to shame her in front of her neighbours.
Trained negotiators and the man's family came and tried to talk him down, but had little luck; Lin soon announced he was going to kill his girlfriend, claiming she had regularly had affairs when he went to work, according to local media reports.
Eventually police provided the man with a getaway car and, still holding tightly onto the woman by her throat, he pulled on his jeans and climbed down from the roof onto the streets below.
But as he made his way towards the car the police officers gave chase, pulling him away from the woman and onto the ground.
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He was handcuffed and led away to face up to his crimes; he is expected to face a lengthy jail term.
It's worth pointing out that not even the man's own parents had approved the marriage.