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'Internet addict' kills mom
14/06/2007 10:13 - (SA)
Beijing - A 16-year-old Chinese "internet addict" stabbed his mother to death and then seriously injured his father after he was refused money to go to a cybercafe, state media reported on Thursday.
The boy, identified only by his surname Wang, asked his mother for the money on Tuesday afternoon in their apartment in the southern city of Guangzhou, The Beijing News reported.
After she refused, he grabbed a knife from the kitchen and stabbed her to death, it said. The mother's name was not given.
The boy's father Wang Jianjun then rushed into the home and was stabbed three times in the head by his son.
He was later rushed to hospital and reported to be in stable condition.
The boy fled the scene but was found early on Wednesday morning by local police.
He had actually been planning to kill his parents for more than a month, feeling they were stifling his dreams of someday becoming a politician or economist, the paper quoted the boy as telling police.
"Killing them was the only way to free myself," he was quoted as telling police.
The paper said the youngster had recently become "addicted" to the internet, spending long hours at local establishments that provided web access.
His mother's refusal to further finance his habit caused him to finally carry out his murder plan, it said.
- AFP
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