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Chinese woman texted ‘I’ve bumped into a pervert’ before suspected killing by Didi Chuxing cab driver

Flight attendant was stabbed to death and her body found dumped after she used ride-hailing app in Zhengzhou

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The woman killed in the attack. Photo: Wenxuecity.com
Kinling Loin Beijing

A Chinese woman suspected to have been stabbed to death by a driver working for a ride-hailing app texted a colleague after getting into the vehicle saying she hadjust met a “pervert”, according to a news website report.

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The 21-year-old flight attendant was killed on Saturday night after hailing a car from the firm Didi Chuxing in Zhengzhou in Henan province.

A police statement said the driver was suspected of killing the woman and he later jumped into a river after abandoning his car. Police have yet to find any trace of the man.

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The flight attendant had booked the car to take her from a hotel to Zhengzhou airport as she was about to head to a relative’s wedding in Jinan in Shandong province. 

As she got into the car, she texted a colleague saying she had “bumped into a pervert”, Thepaper.cn reported.

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