PHOTOSTORY: Naked man holds his girlfriend hostage with a meat cleaver for five hours 'because his in-laws refused to let them get married'!

 

Terrifying: The man, who later stripped naked, was surrounded by armed police in Sanya, China

 

Siege: Identified in reports only as Lin, the man took off his shirt in the five-hour standoff with police

 

 

Knife: The man waved the meat cleaver around as shocked onlookers called police. He reportedly took his girlfriend onto the roof after her parents refused to give their blessing to the couple's marriage

 

Naked: The man then stripped to his underwear and forced his terrified girlfriend to do the same, reportedly to shame her in front of their neighbours. Some reports said he had suspected her of having affairs

 

 

Bizarre: At one point during the rooftop siege the man took off all his clothes, right, before being tackled

 

As the man came down into the square, still holding his girlfriend, he was chased by police and the army

 

Showdown: Law enforcement officers make their first contact with the man, who finally lets go of his hostage

 

Saved: The man's girlfriend appears hysterical as he rounds the corner and is thrown roughly to the ground

 

Arrest: The man's girlfriend watched as he was detained, still not wearing a shirt, after the five-hour siege

 

Grim spectacle: Hundreds of onlookers had gathered in the square as the standoff reached its finale

 

The man has reportedly announced that he planned to kill his girlfriend. He now faces a lengthy prison term

 

Caught: Passers-by look on as the construction worker, still topless, is led away in handcuffs. 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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