sad: mother attempts to kill her 8-year-old son because she wanted to join him in heaven

A mother has been arrested on charges of attempted murder after allegedly trying to kill her son because she wanted to join him in heaven, police in Japan have said.   Police in Aichi said that they arrested 33-year-old Aki Amano on Wednesday night, after she choked her 8-year-old son until he fell unconscious.   According to the police investigation, Amano choked her son until he lost consciousness at her home around 9:30 p.m., while her husband was home. Her husband, 54-year-old Toshio Amano called emergency services around 11:00 p.m., to report that his son was laying consciousness.

The child was immediately rushed to a hospital where he remains in an intensive care unit. Hospital staff are reported to have seen bruises and red marks on the boy’s neck, indicating that someone had choked him, and called the police. The boy’s mother was arrested at the hospital.