China Scene: Central

Young woman praised for alerting passengers to thief

A young woman impressed other passengers on a bus with her bravery when she shouted a warning after noticing a thief stealing from handbags.

A witness on the bus in Wuhan, Hubei province, surnamed Zhang, said that he noticed a tall man stealthily trying to steal from a woman's handbag, he was about to warn the woman, but he became scared when the thief started staring at him aggressively.