A Chinese
teenager is accused of stabbing his own father to death after he confronted him
over playing violent video games at an internet cafe instead of going to school
and doing his homework.
The boy's
father had gone to fetch his son from the internet cafe, but when the
14-year-old refused to return home the pair argued and the boy allegedly pulled
out a knife and stabbed his father.
His mother,
Hua Mai, blamed violent games for her husband's death, and said that the
teenager had become 'addicted' to gaming.
She said that
her son was a regular visitor to the internet cafe in Loudi in south China's
Hunan province, and that his school work had started to suffer as he was
missing classes and not doing his homework.
'When my
husband spotted that he had once again skipped his studies to go with his
friends and play video games, my husband Lu had gone to get the boy,' she said.
However, the
teenager refused to go home and is alleged to have pulled out a knife and
attacked his father before running away, leaving the fatally injured man to
bleed to death on the floor outside the internet cafe.
Police later
found the boy at another internet cafe. He was
arrested, while officers have ordered that every internet cafe in the
surrounding area be closed while an investigation into the incident, and which
games the boy was playing is carried out.
'The boy's
mother has blamed the violent video games and we are investigating whether this
could indeed be the case,' said a police spokesman.
'Experts are
checking the video game content and the boy has been interviewed.' Police said
the boy was being kept in a psychiatric institute while tests were being
carried out.
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