Desperate dive to death penalty: Rescued Chinese woman to face firing squad (PHOTOS)

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Published time: August 21, 2012 14:49
Edited time: August 21, 2012 19:24

Rescuers and relatives stop a woman from committing suicide by jumping off a building in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province (Reuters / CDIC)

In a dramatic struggle, family, friends, and rescue workers have saved the life of a woman who tried to leap from the roof of a 100-foot building in the Chinese city of Zhanjiang. They were unaware that she had killed her own nephew hours prior.

The nail-biting situation came just hours after Sheng Fi smothered and threw her own four-year-old nephew from the same nine-story building.

It happened after a bitter argument between Fi and her sister – the boy’s mother.

It was a battle of strength and determination as at least nine rescuers clung to Fi’s legs to prevent her from making the fatal leap.

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Fi’s own daughter was brought to the roof of the building to talk her down.

But as family and friends struggled to save Fi’s life, they were unaware that she had killed her nephew just hours before.

The devastating truth was revealed after she was brought down from the ledge.

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“She admits she'd thrown the boy's body off the same roof,” a police spokesman told local media. “She will still die now, but by a firing squad for murder.”

China has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, with over 2 million attempts every year.

According to Beijing Health Bureau spokesman Mao Yu, suicide is the biggest killer among 15-34 year olds throughout the country.

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Comments (8)

your future ruler (unregistered) 21.08.2012 21:42

So many crimes in the UK allow insane psychopathic murders,rapists,mugg ers hit n'runners etc to walk free, crazy weak sentences or for example hit and run on 2 small children, not the police's fault, they spend their weeks arresting 85% the same people week in ,week out, because the gov/CPS is so slack it looks intentional that that the UK become so violent, and the police is overwhelmed, that something will give, coup d'tat anyone?; god forbid, but if it needs, i'll be right at the frontline leading my army (to liberate my country ruled by a government that persicutes law abiders and feeds and breeds the criminals to reap hell in my community). But if i ruled the UK, some of the most recent cases brought to public eye and ear would for certain see the death penalty and in public as an example to others, i will celebrate the day of her shooting, she deserves every gram of lead, shame its not public. i will say a prayer for the 4 yr old who died an innocent, a prosperous loved soul lost from his mother.

if theirs one thing China, U.S has got right, is just punishment for horrible crimes, all should follow.

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nyargo fest (unregistered) 21.08.2012 21:36

Rogue: yes, why have any trials at all. If guilt can be proven so easily, sure the judge should just be there for sentencing. At least it would be an efficient way to get all the middle-eastern immigrants out of western countries.

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praos (unregistered) 21.08.2012 20:53

"Family violence" is too often equated and conflated with "violence against women". The truth is however that top offenders are women while most victims are children (even excluding abortions). Speaking about power, children are the weakest members in the family, while women are in best position to abuse their position. Stop talking about women as victims; much more often they are victimisers.

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