Thursday, July 7, 2011

Here's one way to get rid of those pesky real estate agents

We are back in Shanghai and thought you might enjoy this.

Although potentially serious, luckily no one was hurt. Yesterday a man yelled "there is a bomb on the train," and sent Metro Line 2 passengers scrambling in panic. Today he was detained by police in neighboring Jiangsu Province and has been charged with fabricating terrorist information.

Police said the man surnamed Zheng had a fierce dispute with his real estate broker while riding the train around noon yesterday. To get rid of the broker, Zheng suddenly shouted "there is a bomb on the train" and pointed at the broker as the bomb carrier.

Zheng then ran from the rear of the eight-carriage train to the front, alarming other passengers as he ran. More than 50 panicked passengers followed him.

In the stampede, many passengers fell to the floor and were trampled on by others. Some suffered bruises in their hands and legs. Cell phones, transportation cards and handbags were seen scattered on the ground. When the train stopped the people fled the cars while others unaware of what happened got on and picked up and kept the handbags etc that the fleeing passengers left behind. The train pulled out of the station before anyone could tell the driver what happened and was not stopped till several stops later. What can I say - this is China!!

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