Sniper Kills Suspect After Setting Up Rifle Between Co-worker apos;s Legs

Chinese police have gunned down a hostage-taker who hijacked a woman at knife point at a subway station after one sniper set up a rifle between his colleague's legs.
The plainclothes SWAT officer lay on his stomach on the ground for more than two hours while his colleagues tried to talk the man out of the situation, according to police.
The sniper was instructed to kill the culprit from nearly 200 feet away after the suspect attempted to harm the hostage with a knife in the southern Chinese city of Nanning on August 9. The hostage was saved unhurt. 
SWAT sniper Zeng Hao lies on the ground while aiming at the hostage-taker through his colleagues' legs at a subway station in Nanning, China's Guangxi Province, tour nam ninh on August 9
The suspect wraps his arm around the female commuter's neck and holds her at knife point
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[ ][ ]: '[The suspect] wasn't communicating; he refused to speak.
'I asked him where he was from and why he was doing this. Then I asked him to let the girl go and offered him water, but he said no to everything.'
Sniper Zeng (pictured), 42, has been awarded for his calm performance during the mission
Officer Zeng has served the Nanning anti-terrorism forces for 19 years and is a top marksman. The sniper (right) is seen during a drill with the Guangxi SWAT team in southern China
He said that the suspect had suicidal thoughts. He asked the police to give him a gun so he could commit suicide and claimed that he would kill the hostage otherwise, according to [ ].
Officer Zeng, who is also head of Nanning SWAT's First Tactical Unit, is seen setting up his rifle around a corner - behind one of his colleagues - and pointing the barrel of his firearm between the policeman's legs for concealment.
He held the position for two hours until talks broke down and the suspect attempted to harm the woman around 7pm, the police said.
Officer Zeng can be seen firing a single shot from his rifle, tour du lịch nam ninh reportedly hitting the suspect in the head, before officers rush over and free the female hostage.
Huang was killed instantly. 
Officer Zeng and four of his colleagues were awarded on Friday for their brave response
Officer Zeng said: 'Because the suspect was sitting behind the victim, holding her, only about 10 centimetres (four inches) of his head was exposed. Shooting anywhere else might've threatened the hostage, so I ruled out attempting to hit any other body parts.
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