Liang Yiwen/ Shanghai Daily news

Police last night rescued a 12-year-old boy taken hostage by a man in a car at Anting Crossing on the Shanghai-Ningbo Expressway.

The suspect, surnamed Yang and aged 28, came to Shanghai from Hubei Province. He allegedly confessed to officers that he abducted the boy for money.

Jiading District police said that they received reports about 6:40pm when the car leaving Shanghai for Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, hit a vehicle in front of it and caused a traffic jam at the crossing.

They rushed to the scene and negotiated with Yang in the car, who allegedly pointed a knife at his victim and said that if his needs were not met, he would kill the boy.