"Naturally Noisy Playgrounds During Holidays" - 14-Year-Old Wields Weapon in Rage Over Mother's Words

A middle school boy who killed his mother during the Chuseok holiday was arrested. The boy swung a weapon in a fit of rage after being scolded by his mother, and he is known to have autism.

According to Cheongju Sangdang Police Station, on the 3rd, a 14-year-old middle school student A was arrested on charges of killing a family member. A is accused of stabbing his mother B, in her 40s, with a weapon at an apartment in Sangdang-gu, Cheongju, Chungbuk, at around 5:34 p.m. on the 1st, during the Chuseok holiday period.

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At the time of the incident, A had asked his mother to "make sure the sounds of children playing at the playground are not heard," but was instead scolded with the explanation that "it is natural to be noisy during the holiday." Enraged, A swung the weapon at his mother, according to the investigation.

B was found by A’s father, who had briefly gone out and returned, and was transported to the hospital by the 119 emergency medical team but ultimately passed away.

After the crime, A fled but was urgently arrested by police at a nearby park around 6:50 p.m., about 1 hour and 10 minutes after the incident.

Police investigation revealed that A had autism and had expressed resentment because his mother cared more for his physically disabled older sister than for him.

It is also known that in September last year, A was suspended from school by the school violence committee after a disturbance in the classroom where he self-harmed with a weapon following an argument with another student.

A police official stated, "Additional investigation of A will be conducted in the presence of a trusted person," and added, "After accurately determining the motive for the crime, the case will be forwarded to the prosecution."

Meanwhile, on the last day of the Chuseok holiday, the 3rd, in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, a man in his 20s was arrested for killing his father in his 50s for scolding him.

According to the police, the man became enraged when his father scolded him, saying, "You use your phone too long. Stop watching YouTube," and stabbed his father multiple times with a weapon inside the house while his father was lying on the bed, resulting in his death.

The police responded to a report from the mother who witnessed the crime, arrested the son in his 20s near the apartment as a suspect caught in the act, and plan to apply for an arrest warrant.

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