Man admits to murdering his father by stabbing him in the throat with a CHOPSTICK
The 51-year-old from Osaka, Japan told police they argued and before he knew it the cooking utensil was stuck
A JAPANESE man has admitted to murdering his father with a chopstick.
Michikazu Ikeuchi, 51, confessed he stabbed his elderly father in the left side of his throat after a fight broke out between them at their Osaka home.
The reported on Thursday a police official told them: “Ikeuchi told us he had tried to stop his parents from arguing and he did not intend to kill his father.
“He said in his anger he waved the chopstick in front of his father but before he knew it, it got stuck in him.”
According to police, told them: “My intention was not to commit murder.”
Ikeuchi stabbed his father, Takeo, 81, on Wednesday evening, with the cooking utensil, which was a foot long.
He called police straight after the incident – he was living in the property with seven people, which included his parents and his brother’s family.
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The chopstick used in the stabbing was a foot-long cooking utensil.
Ikeuchi, who lives with seven people including his parents and his brother’s family, in the Minamikinomoto area, called authorities after the incident.
The first incident of death by chopstick was in 2008 an inmate in Fuchu prison.
He was not identified – he committed suicide with the implement.
He stabbed himself in the back of the head with the sharp end of a broken chopstick, according to the .
However it is thought this is the first time the utensil has been used as a murder weapon