Nak*d 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 stri*ped unclad, 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

Nak*d: The man then stri*ped 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 unclad, 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.