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German man killed in hijacked Beijing taxi – China News

thepekingorder.blogspot.com — At around 05:00 this morning, police found a 21-year-old German man dead in a Beijing taxi. The car had hit a tree beside Beijing’s East Fourth Ring Road, between Siyuan Bridge and Xiaoyun Bridge. A woman lay injured on the backseat.

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Damjan_D 2 years 13 weeks ago

Taxi Driver: "Oh, there's my taxi, thank my lucky stars I found it. I've been walking all over the city looking for it. Good thing I saw your police lights though - they led me right to it.....Oh woooow! Is that a dead man in the backseat????....Holy cow, that is soooo wieeeeeeerd...I TOLD that guy not to steal my taxi.

Cop: "Wait, what are you talking about? Are you the driver?"

Taxi Driver (paying no mind to the question):"That's why I was walking, you see, because that non-Chinese foreign guy stole it. I was gonna call you guys first, but, ahh, I decided to try and find it myself first so you guys would be spared the trouble. Weird......Wait, somebody in there is moving!"

Cop: "yeah, its a woman, she's alive"

Taxi Driver: "Ahh, fuck me, I could of sworn she was dead when I ran aw.....[stutter]...when I was left on the side of the road by that white guy."

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