Suspect in Thai love triangle stabbing to surrender

An anonymous phone call was made to the Bangkok police, informing them that the Singaporean suspect who is believed to have killed his wife's lover would surrender in a few days.

A report in The Straits Times said that a spokesman for the Bangkok Metropolitan Police, Major-General Piya Uthayo, said last night that the police in the Bangkok suburb of Sutthisan received a call from a man.

The man asked what would happen if the Singaporean was to turn himself in.

However, Maj-Gen Piya said the police could not confirm if the caller was the suspect, 38-year-old Hsu Wei Hua.

Philippines says police officer suspect in killing of Norwegian

Norwegian teenager Mikael Troy Johansen Rasay was fatally shot
outside a Manila bar. Photograph: AP

Mikael Troy Johansen Rasay, from Oslo and of Filipino ancestry, shot by off-duty officer in brawl outside bar, officials say

An off-duty police officer is the main suspect in the killing of an 18-year-old Norwegian tourist of Filipino descent outside a bar in a Manila suburb where he tried to stop a fight, the chief investigator said on Wednesday.

Hit-and-run suspect holds daughter hostage

A man, said to have involved in a hit-and-run accident, held his daughter at knifepoint in a standoff with police in China.

Zhang Gang was fetching his wife and three-year-old daughter on an outing when his car collided with another vehicle in Yongren county of Yunnan province last week.

He sped off. Police, acting on a report lodged by another driver, launched a search for Zhang Gang's car and spotted the vehicle near a market.

They managed to block Zhang Gang and forced him to pull over.

Just as the cops were approaching him, Zhang Gang took out a knife and threatened to harm his wife and daughter.

He demanded the police to step back while waving the knife in his hand as he talked.

Unintentionally, he injured the wife in the neck. He released her later but still held the girl hostage.

Again, he scratched the girl's leg with the knife, causing her to cry loudly. On seeing this, Zhang Gang stabbed himself in the thigh.

Even after two hours, Zhang Gang showed no signs of surrendering despite persuasion from his mother and other family members.

However, during one crucial moment when police noticed that Zhang Gang was not paying attention to the surrounding area, they grabbed him from behind.

Police overpowered him, snatched away his knife and rescued the girl.

His wife and daughter suffered minor injuries.

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