Taxi driver saves woman stuffed in suitcase by ex-partner after hearing screams

02 November 2023 , 12:49

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The woman was rescued and placed in the back of the taxi (Image: AsiaWire)

A hero taxi driver saved a young woman mid- abduction after he heard screams coming from inside a suitcase as her ex-boyfriend tried to put it in the car.

The cabbie, who worked for Chinese ride firm Didi, was about to transport the man, named Mr Xian, when he heard a strange sound bellowing from the luggage. The alarming incident took place after Mr Xian, 21, stormed into the victim's flat which was located in the city of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province in south-western China, on May 12, 2020.

He demanded that the 25-year-old victim, Ms Liu, give him some money before he later attempted to transport her to his property, three days later on May 15, according to the police report. It was reported that he forced her into the suitcase and called a taxi. Luckily, the driver was able to rescue her after suspecting something wasn't right.

The woman was placed in a suitcase by her crazed ex-boyfriend (AsiaWire)

The abduction was halted by the curious taxi driver (AsiaWire)

The cabbie filmed the alarming incident and captured the moment he found the woman after he demanded Mr Xian to open the case, reports Daily Star. In later footage, the woman was filmed sitting in the open case. "I'm on Jingu 3rd Road. I picked up a passenger heading to Xihe [town]," the driver can be heard saying. "He hid a woman in his suitcase! I heard a woman screaming, so I told him to open the suitcase. After he opened the suitcase, the woman said: 'Mister, call the police!' While calling the cops, the man made a run for it. I chased him for two streets but didn't catch him."

In the footage, the terrified young woman can be seen covering her face as she sits in the open suitcase. Chengdu police said they found Mr Xian later the same day. While it is unclear whether Ms Liu had been harmed during the incident, the authorities said her ex-boyfriend was put into custody and investigated the incident. In June 2016 a naked woman was found inside a suitcase in a park in China's Hunan Province. She had been raped and shoved in the bag by a man who was seen carrying it through the park before the woman's screams caught the attention of passersby who rescued her. The man dived into a nearby lake to escape but was later caught and arrested.

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