What is supposed to be a tender moment between mother and child, turned into a deadly one. A mother in China was breastfeeding her eight-month old when he bit her which resulted in the infuriated mother stabbing him with scissors.
According to the Daily Mail, baby Xiao Bao required more than 100 stitches after the incident in Xuzhou, eastern China's Jiangsu Province. Most of the stabbing took place on the right side of his face. The baby lives with his mother and two uncles, who earn a living by recycling trash. The wounded infant was discovered in a pool of blood by one of his uncles who promptly rushed him to a nearby hospital.
Xiao Bao's mother later confessed to stabbing her baby after he bit her during breastfeeding. Following the incident, neighbors have pleased with authorities to intervene and take the child away from their care. According to the International Business Times, authorities have not yet made a decision as to who will take care of the injured infant. There were no reports of the mother's mental state at the time of the incident.
In China, Mental illnesses still remain a controversial and taboo topic. Nonetheless, a 2009 study published in the journa lThe Lancet, estimated that 91 percent of the 173 million Chinese adults believed to suffer psychiatric problems never receive treatment.
