Man Hospitalised After Trying To Blow Up Pregnant Girlfriend With A Gas Canister
A Chinese man kidnapped his pregnant girlfriend and tried to blow her up by attaching a gas cannister to her. However the attempted murder went wrong and he is now in the hospital fighting for his life.
By Darian Goh — 29 Apr 2014, 06:30 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
A 21-Year Old Woman, Xu Fan Ended Up Pregnant After A One Night Stand With Her 36-Year Old Boyfriend, Li Moulian
Moulian met Fan six months ago after the pair indulged in a one-night stand. After discovering the pregnancy, the couple decided to keep the baby and give the relationship a go, moving in together.
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She accidentally ended up pregnant after a one night stand with Li Moulian, 36, in Mazhuang New Village in Huizhou City of Guangdong Province in the south of China.
The Man Faced Tremendous Pressure To Raise Money For The Couple And Baby By Working Odd Jobs
The couple decided to stay together with Li working hard getting occasional jobs to raise the money for his new family, and the couple moving in together.
Sixth months into the relationship, the pressure seems to have been too much for the father-to-be.
dailymail.co.ukHe Attacked Her When She Was Asleep And Tied Her To A Gas Canister
But the pressure seems to have been too much for the new father to be, after he attacked her while she was asleep and dragged her out of her bed to his car when he tied the gas tank to her back and told her he planned to kill her.
Moulian attacked Fan while she was asleep and dragged her out of her bed, telling her he planned to kill her.
dailymail.co.ukWhile on the surface the couple appeared happy, Moulian was anything but, telling her as he dragged her into his car that he planned to kill her.
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He bundled her into the car and drove around the town before police were able to spot him.
dailymail.co.ukDisturbed Neighbours Managed To Alert Authorities After Seeing A Young Lady Being Dragged Across The Street
He had bundled her into the car and driven around the town before police were able to spot him, after getting a call from one of the neighbours who had seen the young woman being dragged off.
Authorities were quick to the scene after receiving distressed calls from concerned neighbours who watched as Fan was dragged across the street.
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They also received calls from disturbed neighbours who saw the young woman being dragged across the street.
dailymail.co.ukAs Soon Authorities Arrived, Moulian Triggered The Gas Canister Thus Blowing Up The Car, As Well As The Couple Inside
But as soon as the cops approached the car, Moulian triggered the gas tank strapped to his girlfriend. The car — and the couple — went up in flames. “As the police car with a siren approached the car with the man and woman inside, and another blocked off its escape route from the rear, the man ignited something in the car which exploded into flames,” said police spokesman Tao Hou.
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Police Quickly Pulled Both Of Them Out To Extinguish The Flames
The girl was pulled from the car by police who had instantly attempted to extinguish the flames that were covering her body.
After rescuing the girl and extinguishing the blaze, police then rescued the man who suffered more severe burns as a result, and who is not expected to survive.
dailymail.co.ukBoth Of Them Are Now Side By Side In A Hospital Being Treated For Severe Burns
Now the pair are fighting for their lives, side-by-side in intensive care, after both suffered severe, life threatening burns.
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Both the man and women were however extremely badly burned and taken to hospital, where they ended up in the same operating room side-by-side as surgeons worked to save the lives.
Fan's Baby Is Expected To Survive Although The Condition Is Not Yet Known
The pair ended up side-by-side in hospital beds as surgeons battle to save their lives, but, despite the mother-to-be's horrific injuries, her unborn baby managed to survive.
dailymail.co.ukDespite suffering horrific injuries, Xu Fan, 21 survived the ordeal as did her unborn baby.
Fan’s unborn baby survived but its condition is not yet known.
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The Family Had Warned Her Beforehand Not To Jump Into The Relationship Too Early
Her uncle told international press her family had warned her from jumping in too quickly.
“We had warned her that she needed to know more about him before deciding to spend her life with him, it seems sadly the warnings were true as he clearly has mental problems,” he said.
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"To suddenly accuse her in the middle of the night trying to kill his parents shows he is obviously severely paranoid. It is a bad start in life for the child as well with the father having obvious mental problems."