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A 39-year-old woman stabbed her 11-year-old son in the back and then stabbed herself in the neck at their home in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on Thursday night.
According to police, the woman's mother found her daughter and her grandson bleeding from stab wounds when she visited the house at around 6:45 p.m.and called 119, Fuji TV reported.
The woman and her son were taken to hospital, where she was confirmed dead. Her son, who had stab wounds in his back, told ambulance personnel on the way to the hospital that his mother had attacked him. He was in a stable condition on Friday, police said.
Police quoted the woman's mother as saying her daughter had been mentally unstable recently.
© Japan Today
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Giveme_abreak
Poor kid I hope he recovers soon. Good thing the grandmom visited their house at the same day it happened or else it the poor kid would bleed to death.
Aly Rustom
Yeah, I'd say its not the daughter they had to worry about.
Fapster
what an animal. poor boy, hopefully he can get the guidance he needs to understand this situation. to the mother, thanks for saving us taxpayers money for your execution.
TheGodfather
The boy will be feeling a tremendous amount of guilt right now, but he's got nothing to be guilty of...
B.l. Sharma
Very bad incident indeed . Such incident should never happen in Japan .
Dre Hund
None of these comments seem to show any curiosity toward this behavior. Is there some prevalent anti psychotic medication going around Japan that has serious side effects? I'm reading about one story a week in Zjaoan today about family murders and attacks. Is the compression of life over there in bigger trouble than the media and government are letting on about? Should I learn to structure sentences better? What are people watching on Japanese TV that the rest of the world doesn't watch? What's the gestalt over there? What's your future?
gokai_wo_maneku
Just glad to hear that the boy is alright. I hope he recovers from the trauma quickly.
gogogo
Crazy mother, kill yourself not others.
hjnice
@ Dre Hund: In Japan they use dangerous medicine which is not allowed in the States and GB. An other dangerousmedicine is Paxil (name in Japan: Seroxat) from GlaxoSmithKline, with side effect -> suicide !!! http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/09/16/news/japans-depressing-increase-in-psychoactive-drug-use. Some people say, Japan is a field for testing. And for the people who thinks to make bad comments here, I hope they never get serious mental problems.
sensei258
Later, he will understand that it was because she was not well, not because she didn't love him or want him
smithinjapan
Thank god the usual, "I want to take my kids with me" didn't work and she can rot alone.
gogogo: "Crazy mother, kill yourself not others."
Fortunately, this time, the victim will survive. I would hope, though, that like the majority of mothers or fathers or just people in general who are stressed out or have mental difficulties they will seek help via means beyond killing themselves and/or others, but if they absolutely feel there is no way out, PLEASE don't take others!
Society needs to help each other more, and the first place to start is with the stigma on those who need it. For those who need it, there is no excuse for killing others if you think the only way out is out.
fuzzylogic
@Dre Hund None of these comments seem to show any curiosity toward this behavior. Is there some prevalent anti psychotic medication going around Japan that has serious side effects? I'm reading about one story a week in Zjaoan today about family murders and attacks. Is the compression of life over there in bigger trouble than the media and government are letting on about? Should I learn to structure sentences better? What are people watching on Japanese TV that the rest of the world doesn't watch? What's the gestalt over there? What's your future?
Greatest questions of all time...
many argue this is what happens in a "Nanny State"
bass4funk
Absolute tragedy. I will never understand why some of these mother that decide to kill themselves want to take their kids with them. The child has no choice. They should provide counseling or other intervention program to parents that suffer from anger, depression, anxiety or mental illness and give them alternative and preventive measures to help stop tragedies like this from happening.
puregaijin
It shouldn't happen anywhere.