15-year-old boy fatally stabbed by grandmother in Gunma

So sad.

This obaasan needs to be locked up for good.

Police believe the pair had argued right before the stabbing occurred.

Gees! That's relief! What would another week in Japan be without the ubiquitous family killing?

Police believe the pair had argued right before the stabbing occurred.

Now how did you come to that conclusion columbo? Did the people around you say 'ahhh sooooka' after you made this monumental conclusion??

Wow! Never heard of a granny murderer.

My goodness a grandma stabs her grandson!...what is it with these old ladies and kids...the other day one breaks a teenagers nose on a bus, and now this...scary!!!

What did they argue about? How can we judge whether or not she is wrong if we don't know what they argued about?

Now how did you come to that conclusion columbo?

Because you see, you sarcy individual, it could of been a random-snap moment; completely unrelated.

No matter what the argument was about, you don't go around stabbing ppl! And then worse your own flesh and blood...sick!!

"What would another week in Japan be without the ubiquitous family killing?" aint that the truth..........

What's this joint coming to? Even pensioners are now running around angry, aggressive and wielding weapons... hate to be a kid!

What did they argue about? How can we judge whether or not she is wrong if we don't know what they argued about?

Eyeblack, I dunno what the justice system is like back in your home - but even if she was in the right over the argument, and he had lost the argument - there is no need to use deadly weapons against a child. Hate to go to your place!

Here we go again.... so what's the story this time? Let's see...

J-news reports that the the boy and his sister lived away from their parents. Granny was acutally raising the kids. They had a couple of arguments before.

I guess she couldn't handle her grandson's hankouki very well...

Because you see, you sarcy individual, it could of been a random-snap moment; completely unrelated.

I guess Columbo was informed by the other family members present that they were at each others throats

According to police, the woman lived together with her children and grandchildren as a family of six

Hence the brainwaves conclusion:

Police believe the pair had argued right before the stabbing occurred

This obaasan needs to be locked up for good.

Naw, she's old, and it was a member of her family. Slap on the wrist, bad granny, and back home she goes. Probably nothing more then a suspended sentence.

RIP to the boy. Condolences to the older sister and the rest of the family. Grandmother or not, this woman needs to be punished accordingly.

I feel so sorry for children of this country.

Still defend old lady attack 'rude manner' youth? No, I did not believe so.

The only defense the granny could possibly offer would be if he was physically attacking her and she was defending herself. There are 15-year-old boys that can put a serious hurting on 66-year-old women.

Stabbing him just because they were arguing is not a valid defense. (At least not one that should be considered by a jury)

guess granny got her point across in that argument.

Molenir - you said it! Nothing will happen to her except nasty gossip from the other obasans in her neighborhood.

People are too quick to grab a knife these days

Japan is not a crime-filled country, but crime does indeed exist. The thing is, when Japanese people do actually commit a crime, it is kinda extreme compared to the Western world. Granny stabbing her grandson? Mom tying up her 5-y/o and repeatedly sticking her in a washing machine? Father putting infant in a microwave?

It seems that often times people in Japan downplay the violence in the country by comparing it to, say, America, which is damn huge compared to Japan.

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