by Oge Okonkwo

A man held his girlfriend hostage on a rooftop in China after her parents had disapproved of the marriage.

The man wielding a butcher’s knife threatened to kill himself and his girlfriend adding that she was cheating on him whenever he was not around.

Ignoring the pleas from onlookers, he ordered his girlfriend strip naked as also did the same holding her hostage on the roof for 5 hours.

Daily Mail reports:

He held his girlfriend by the throat and waved the meat cleaver in the air as trained negotiators tried to talk him down from the roof of the quiet residential block.

The man’s relatives were brought to the scene on Monday to try and talk him down but had little luck.

As police and soldiers surrounded the rooftop, the half-naked kidnapper demanded a getaway car for himself and his girlfriend.

Eventually police provided one and, still holding his terrified partner, the man put his jeans back on and climbed down from the roof into a city square. 

But as he made his way towards the car officers gave chase, managing to pull him away from his girlfriend and throw him to the ground.

Still topless, he was handcuffed in front of hundreds of stunned onlookers and led away.

The man now faces a lengthy jail term – and according to reports, not even his own parents had approved the marriage in the first place.

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