The Cheonan Dongnam Police Station said Sunday it has detained a foreign teenager on parricide charges after he stabbed his parents at their home in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, killing his father and injuring his mother.
According to Yonhap, the suspect, identified only as A, stabbed his father, a man in his 40s, at an apartment in Dongnam-gu, Cheonan, at around 1:10 a.m. Sunday. The father died from his injuries.
A's mother, also in her 40s, was stabbed in the same attack and sustained serious wounds. She is receiving treatment at a hospital.
A, a university student, called 119 emergency services himself immediately after the incident.
During police questioning, A said he swung the knife while trying to break up an argument between his parents over a business dispute.
Police plan to investigate the full circumstances of the case and seek a detention warrant for A.
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