[Acalsenunse]

A southern Chinese teenager killed his mother with a kitchen knife after being refused cash to go to a net cafe, Reuters reports.

The youth, named only as Wang and described as "heavily addicted" to the internet, stabbed his mother during "a heated argument" in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, according to the Beijing Youth Daily.

When his father came home, Wang also attacked him. The paper explains: "After his father got home, Wang hacked at him causing serious injury. Seeing what he had done, Wang went to his room and sat on his bed."

Wang's father escaped bleeding to his brother's house, who alerted the police.

The Beijing Youth Daily describes Wang as "less than 16" and a school drop-out who spent his time in cybercafes when not working with his father "who made a living selling barbecue food in their neighbourhood". He apparently "dreamed of being an outstanding politician or economist and believed his parents were stifling his development".

Accordingly, Wang had already planned to kill them a month prior to the incident, having "once prepared to kill his father with an iron bar" and recently bought sleeping tablets. ® http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06...addict_murder/

[ONLINEPHARMACYCHEAPILLS]

Wow that is fckd up. [no]

At least people like him are in the minority. Then again, with China having such a large population, that's probably a pretty big minority. [surrender]

[KacypeJeope]

Clearly the internet is to blame.

[AndyScouchek]

Clearly the internet is to blame.

yea parents did nothing wrong im sure.. as usual

[Phassetus]

yea parents did nothing wrong im sure.. as usual

Its due to the lack of of censorship in China.

[KacypeJeope]

If only they could have somehow blocked access to our crazy western ways more, this tragedy could have been avoided!

[AnthonyKing]

poor ******* had no porn to masturbate to on the interweb, and thus his hormoes drove him crazy. [no]

[Zebrabitch]

Damn crazy china people [thumbdown]

[Licacivelip]

thats so messed[thumbdown]

[Kthzltje]

Being a school drop-out, he didn't have any school to single-handedly slaughter, so he killed whoever was available.

[suingincentix]

I wonder if their judicial system over there is useless like ours, believing that since he's a child he shouldn't be put to death, or believing the best in each person, allowing him to be reconditioned for existence in society.

Hopefully they're more realistic and simply put the child to death. American justice doesn't work - gotta try something different!