Son skipped midterm exam, father killed himself with chopsticks stabbing him in the chest
In a fit of anger because his 9th grade son skipped the midterm exam, Cuong used chopsticks to stab his son in the chest, causing his death.
Hai Phong City Police said that at 7:40 p.m. on March 22, at 411 Le Loi, Ngo Quyen District, Nguyen Hung Cuong (born 1982), in a fit of anger, used chopsticks to stab his son in the chest, causing him to die.death.
The victim is NHAK, born in 2006, a 9th grade student at Chu Van An Secondary School.
Cuong confessed that because NHAK skipped the midterm exam, he was angry. A loud argument broke out between the father and son, and he lost control and used chopsticks to stab K in the chest.
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The house where the crime took place |
K. was taken to Viet Tiep Hospital for emergency treatment. However, the stab wound from the chopsticks caused K.'s aortic arch to be punctured, leading to acute hemorrhagic shock.
At around 7:20 a.m. on March 23, K. died. At around 11 a.m., Nguyen Hung Cuong turned himself in to the Ngo Quyen District Police.
Ngo Quyen District Police have detained Cuong and continue to investigate the case.