NANNING, CHINA — That's nuts. <br /><br />A police sniper positioned himself between the legs of a colleague and took out a man holding a woman hostage. <br /><br />The hostage situation took place on August 9th in Nanning when the 18-year-old suspect named Huang, was loitering in the subway station before randomly selecting a woman... and grabbing her.<br /><br />Chinese media outlet, Boxun News reports that during a two-hour stand-off with police, the suspect asked for a gun. <br /><br />Chief negotiator Qi Hongwei told local reporters that he asked the suspect where he was from and why he was doing this. <br /><br />Qi continued with, "I asked him to let the girl go and offered him water, but he said no to everything."<br /><br />Captain Hao, head of the Nanning SWAT First Tactical Unit, was instructed to take out the man after negotiations broke down. <br /><br />Hao can be seen laying behind one of his colleagues getting ready so the hostage-taker wouldn't spot him.<br /><br />Hao successfully took out the target. <br /><br />Crucially, the hostage was unhurt.<br /><br />Captain Hao was awarded second-class merit by the Guangxi police for his bravery in the incident.
