Shock as China boy grabs girl in lift, drags her away, is arrested then freed
Boy, 14, who chokes girl, seven, giving her nightmares, is defended by people who say he was ‘bewitched’ at time of crime
Mainland social media has been appalled by surveillance footage of a 14-year-old boy assaulting a seven-year-old girl in the lift of their residential building.
The boy was placed under administrative detention by the police in eastern China’s Jiangxi province after the footage was published online and triggered public fury.
The teenager, surnamed Liu, followed the girl, surnamed Wang, into the lift on the evening of November 2.
Liu immediately placed his hand over Wang’s mouth and nose after the lift door closed, choking her.
He dragged her out of the lift after it reached the first floor. Wang’s mother, surnamed Li, said her daughter passed out for a few seconds and began to cry after she awoke.
Startled by Wang’s crying and a resident passing by, Liu released the girl.
