A 13-year-old boy in east China has been detained by police for stabbing his mother to death after she killed his dog.
The teenager, identified by his surname Shao, hacked his 37-year-old mother to death with a cleaver on Saturday night at their home in Jianhu county, Jiangsu province following an argument about the pet, according to Chinese reports.
Officers detained the boy on Monday after the mother's body was found in their home, Jianhu police said in a statement.
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Boy, 13, hacks mother to death after she killed his dog
The teenager, surnamed Shao, hacked his 37-year-old mother, to death with a cleaver on Saturday at their home in east China's Jiangsu province following an argument about the dog, Chinese reports say.