Hero doctor rescues baby girl thrown into river by stranger in central China
New mother is out for a stroll with her 43-day-old infant when horrifying attack takes place
A doctor leapt into a river in central China to save a six-week-old baby girl who had been thrown into the water in an apparently random attack by a total stranger.
The incident happened on Friday as a woman identified only as Liu was pushing her infant daughter in a pram across a bridge in Pingdingshan, Henan province, the Legal Evening News reported on Sunday.
Standing on the bridge was a 28-year-old man with the surname Qin. As Liu passed, Qin reached down into the pram, picked up the tiny child and without saying a word threw her into the water more than six metres below, the report said.
The horrified mother screamed for help and was heard by an off-duty surgeon from a local hospital and a second man who were walking beside the river.