Delivery rider rams scooter into knife attacker, gets named after video game hero
A 20-year-old food delivery rider rammed a knife-wielding man with his electric scooter on a street in northwestern China, ending an attack that had wounded two people.
Yu Rongxian, a delivery rider, made headlines after he deliberately crashed his scooter into a knife-wielding attacker outside a residential compound in Chengdong District, Xining, Qinghai Province. The incident occurred shortly after 9 p.m. on August 18, 2022, when Yu was delivering food for the platform Meituan. A man, who had been drinking, was holding a knife and had slashed two people.
Several residents attempted to calm the man down, while others held him off with sticks. Yu stopped and pushed the scooter behind the attacker, knocking him to the ground. The crowd then held him down until police arrived and subdued him. Qinghai police took compulsory measures against the attacker. Yu, who has experience riding off-road motorbikes, explained that he chose the scooter for its speed and control.
His maneuver was compared to a signature move by a video game character, Sun Ce, from Tencent's mobile game Honor of Kings. The nickname stuck, and Yu gained widespread recognition on Chinese social media. Yu, who turned 21 the day after the incident, was awarded a pennant, CNY5,000, and a birthday celebration by Meituan, as well as a new electric scooter and a quarterly battery-swap package from Niu Technologies. Honor of Kings even issued a nationwide appeal to find him and send him a gift.
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