He announced he was going to kill her and claimed the 29-year-old regularly had affairs when he went to work, according to various local media reports. Continue...
He held his girlfriend by the throat and waved the meat cleaver in the air as trained negotiators tried to talk him down from the roof of the quiet residential block.
The man's relatives were brought to the scene on Monday to try and talk him down but had little luck
Eventually police provided one and, still holding his terrified partner, the man put his jeans back on and climbed down from the roof into a city square.
But as he made his way towards the car officers gave chase, managing to pull him away from his girlfriend and throw him to the ground.
Still topless, he was handcuffed in front of hundreds of stunned onlookers and led away.
The man now faces a lengthy jail term - and according to reports, not even his own parents had approved the marriage in the first place.
Culled from the UK Daily Mail
The man's relatives were brought to the scene on Monday to try and talk him down but had little luck
As police and soldiers surrounded the rooftop, the half-naked kidnapper demanded a getaway car for himself and his girlfriend.
But as he made his way towards the car officers gave chase, managing to pull him away from his girlfriend and throw him to the ground.
The man now faces a lengthy jail term - and according to reports, not even his own parents had approved the marriage in the first place.
