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Teenager stabs family members, commits suicide

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A teenager in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, stabbed three members of his family, killing one, before taking his own life, police said Tuesday.

According to police, 21-year-old Arisa Kurota was stabbed and killed at her home at around 10:15 p.m. on Monday night. Her grandparents were also stabbed and seriously injured in the attack, Sankei Shimbun reported.

While in hospital, the 74-year-old grandmother reportedly told officers that their attacker was her grandson. Police searched for the 16-year-old and found the body of a boy fitting his description in a storehouse early Tuesday morning. He had apparently hanged himself, police said.

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Where are these kids getting the attitude from? There has to be something they are either being taught or are reading that makes them blame their parents for their own shortcomings?

How many of those idiot boys hanging around Akihabara on a school day will blame their parents for them being total wasters? Schools need to employ shrinks to get the bottom of this... and why is it only teenage boys doing this? You don't hear about teenage girls killing their family members out of spite, self pity or just because they are nasty little buggers.

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Too many hours of "juku", yet still no comprehension of irregular English verbs? I jest...

Seriously though, has Japan always had these problems? Any long-timers that know? I become more and more convinced living here that all these people, seeingly walking around with supressed feelings, are a health hazard.

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:(

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terrible, but unfortunately the news story above this one will get 1000 times more media coverage.

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Getting rather sick of all the family issues and crime I keep reading about.... Perhaps the country would like to rethink their parenting and stance on family matters?

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Looks like Osaka is taking over from Saitama in the crime section.

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Another day in Japan another family murder. Move along! Nothing new to see here folks!

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Wow... this is a spiral case of misjudgment. He blamed other people for his own failures and took it all out on innocent family members whilst having the balls to hang himself. That is a movie waiting to happen. RIP

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Almost every week it seems it's either the parents murdering the kids or the kids murdering the parents. Sad.

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