Trying to escape a furious mob chasing him, a terrified robber in Chengdu, Sichuan province, ran up to a security guard of a residential complex, screaming someone was trying to kill him.

The man, surnamed Yang, was running after robbing a woman last Monday morning.

The security guard locked Yang in a small duty room and called the cops, who came with the woman he had robbed and handcuffs.

(China Daily July 21, 2009)