A Chinese woman has been charged with murder after she allegedly ran over her husband's mistress and the woman's child and then stripped naked as she tried to prevent an ambulance from rushing the pair to hospital.
Zhang Shih, 38, from Shandong in China's east is accused of running over her neighbour Wang Lu and her four-year-old daughter on June 20, after she discovered her husband was having an affair with the woman, Bandao reports.
After allegedly knocking over the pair and fatally injuring the child, Zhang stripped off her clothes and threw herself on the road in front of the ambulance.
It is alleged she was trying to prevent the mother and daughter from receiving urgent medical attention at hospital.
The woman shrieked loudly and allegedly told those who tried to render first-aid that she would kill them.
She is also accused of trying to pull the injured girl from the back of the ambulance as she lay dying and punching a paramedic as he carried her, causing the girl to be dropped.
Police soon arrived at the scene and pointed their guns at the woman's head in an attempt to force her to move.
After being delayed for around half an hour the ambulance managed to get away and rush the injured to hospital where the girl died of her injuries.
Her mother survived.
Zhang has been detained and charged with murder and attempted murder .
She faces the death penalty if found guilty.
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