A young girl in China has saved her mother by stopping a thief with two coins.
According to a report, the man stopped the woman and demanded money at knife point. However, the robbery was cut short when the woman’s 6-year-old daughter tugged at the heart of the thief.
It was learnt that the thief simply identified as Liu, had stopped the mother after she picked up her daughter from school and demanded a certain amount of money from her.
The distressed woman reportedly gave him gave him 230 yuan (about $37), but Liu was not satisfied as he requested for more money.
It was at this juncture that the woman’s little 6-year-old girl intervened and gave the thief 2 coins of 1 yuan each.
The little girl said, “Uncle, I have only two yuan. Please let my mother and I go.”
Liu who was moved by emotions emanating from the little girl’s innocence had no other option but to let them go.
He simply put away the knife and allowed the two to go free. Police later tracked Liu by his license plate number and arrested him on suspicion of armed robbery.
The armed robber had been arrested by Police operatives in Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province, China.
Liu allegedly admitted to the robbery and told police that the child reminded him of his own daughter, “I gave my daughter two coins and I felt sorry,” he said.
