Last week there was a shock story from the program of Skynet on Channel 12 CCTV about a case in which a young couple were murdered by three gangsters who tried to rob their car, a silver Focus, inaddition to their money. At about 23, at night, on ninth, in September 2009, the couple were on their way to Jianshui,when the three gangsters found them, waiting secretly for their target near a toll station called Baituqiang in Kaiyuan ,one of the cities in Honghe prefecture. They followed their target and made an accident at a place called the BigFour Turnings. The young couple came out of their car immediately after the accidentLE to see what happened, and then got murdered there and then. The robbers drove their car and buried their bodies in an industrial rubbish place, and back home in a place called Datun about thirty kilometers away, where they drew the money from an ATM, which proved an evidence for the police later. That night when the sister of the murdered young girl was not able to connect with her sister, she called 110. Lucky,smart,and quick enough, the police of Mengzi were able to catch the gangsters within only 34 hours after it happened, according to some of the clue the gangsters had left.
Though the case has passed a few years, we still feel shocked, cold, and frightened,when we think of the ones who ignore the value of human life, and the cruel,evil nature of them.
What we should do to protect ourselves then is what leaves us to think about and face, and here is what, I think, some of the answers. Try not to drive at night alone , especially to a remote place. When a man-made or a strange accident happens at night at remote place,don’t go out of your car, instead, stay in it and call the police at once, if some one is threaten your life. You’dbetter keep something which could be used as a weapon to protect yourself, say,a thick stick, or a hammer or a long knife.