Township lawman lost life safeguarding others' lives

Shi Lihai, born in April 1991, had been a police officer working in Mianxian and Xixiang counties in Shaanxi province since December 2017. On April 10 last year, Shi lost his life protecting others from a drunken man wielding a knife.

Shi had earlier shown his courage in October 2020, when he and his colleagues took down a man who was holding an ax and obstructing traffic at the entrance to a highway toll station.

Influenced by his grandfather, a retired officer, Shi always wanted to join the police.