by Tutu Akinlabi

A teenage boy in China is said to have stabbed his father after an argument between them escalated into violence.

The unidentified teenager is said to have attacked and killed his father after the latter tried to persuade him to leave an internet cafe and go to school.

The unfortunate incident is said to have occurred on February 18 at a café in Xinhua county of Hunan province.

According to reports:

The teenager allegedly had a conflict with his dad, who arrived at the café to persuade him to go to school. Enraged, the teenager took out a dagger and stabbed his father, who died on the spot.

Internet cafés in China have been linked to several death and murder cases in the past couple of years, including the disturbing case of a 24-year-old Guangdong man who murdered his girlfriend then spent the entire night playing games at an internet café, and that of a Hunan teen who recently stabbed and robbed a woman before retreating to a café to post online that it ‘went really well’.

While some have blamed “gaming obsession” and “internet addiction” as reasons for the various deaths, the perpetrators in most cases acted out of circumstances with prior context.