Tragedy Ahead of Seollal Holiday... Mentally Ill Son Arrested on Charges of Killing Mother

[Asia Economy Reporter Seomideum] A son suffering from a mental illness was arrested by the police on charges of killing his mother.

According to the Gwangju Bukbu Police Station on the 23rd, the police arrested A (44) on charges of parricide. He is accused of beating his mother in her 60s to death with a blunt weapon at a house in Yangsan-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju, around 1 a.m. on the 21st.

The mother, who usually lived with A alone, was discovered by the second son who came to visit for the Lunar New Year holiday. The police, who responded to the report, urgently arrested A at the scene as a suspect caught in the act.

A was reported to be incoherent during the police investigation. The police plan to transfer the case to the prosecution after supplementary investigations.