Hostage freed in Nanjing

Chinese policemen persuade a suspect to free a female hostage in a car in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province, July 25,2007. The suspect Lu Siwen, 42, held a woman hostage after robbing her 300 yuan in a car, demanded 100,000 yuan and threatened to kill her. The woman was lightly hurt in fingers and right arm, local police said.

Chinese policemen carry a freed hostage to an ambulance in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province on Wednesday, July 25,2007. The suspect Lu Siwen, 42, held a woman hostage after robbing her 300 yuan in a car, demanded 100,000 yuan and threatened to kill her. The woman was lightly hurt in fingers and right arm, local police said. [Photo: China Foto Press]