China Scene: North

Father loses son while locking up new bicycle

While locking his newly bought bike with two sets of complicated theft protection devices on a street, a young dad lost his five-year-old boy.

Gu went shopping with his son to by bike at a shop in Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei province, on Monday noon and spent several minutes locking his bike to prevent it from being stolen. While distracted, a woman carried away his lad.