An Italian man who argued with his son over Sony PlayStation tactics was recovering in hospital on Monday after the teenager stabbed him in the neck with a 15-inch (40 cm) kitchen knife, police and hospital officials said.
The man, identified as Fabrizio R., suffered a deep cut to the throat after his 16-year-old son, Mario, attacked him during an argument on Sunday over the soccer video game FIFA 2009.
Police said the argument broke out when the 46-year-old storekeeper offered his son advice on tactics to improve his play, and then turned the television off in response to his son's behaviour.
Fetching a knife from the kitchen, Mario stabbed his father in the neck before returning to clean the weapon at the kitchen sink in front of his mother and leaving it to dry on the draining-board. Forty-six year-old housewife Monica B,. told Italian daily Il Corriere della Sera that she had no idea what had happened until her husband stumbled into the room, clutching his throat.
"I saw Mario come back into the room, he seemed calm, he went to the sink and I noticed him washing a knife," Monica told the newspaper. "Then my husband came into the room with a hand round his neck, dripping blood."
The teenager shut himself in his bedroom after the attack and made no attempt to resist arrest, police said.
The game had been given to Mario a few days earlier, as a birthday present.
"Mario is obsessed. He's forever playing on his PlayStation, and we bought him FIFA 2009 because we didn't want him playing violent games," his mother told Il Corriere.
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Italian teen stabs father in PlayStation row
Italian teen stabs father in PlayStation row
since they already knew he was obsessed? -dah!:-5
serious obsessions do in fact lead to physical violence.
perhaps its time they sent their kid & themselves to a shrink.:rolleyes:
serious obsessions do in fact lead to physical violence.
perhaps its time they sent their kid & themselves to a shrink.:rolleyes:
Life is just to short for drama.
Italian teen stabs father in PlayStation row
Odie;1285331 wrote: since they already knew he was obsessed? -dah!:-5
serious obsessions do in fact lead to physical violence.
perhaps its time they sent their kid & themselves to a shrink.:rolleyes:Thats a bit extreme, don't you think, Odie? Maybe you could provide some evidence?
The father probably should have left the kid alone and not turned off the TV simply because the kid didn't want to take his advice. Though stabbing is going too far.
serious obsessions do in fact lead to physical violence.
perhaps its time they sent their kid & themselves to a shrink.:rolleyes:Thats a bit extreme, don't you think, Odie? Maybe you could provide some evidence?
The father probably should have left the kid alone and not turned off the TV simply because the kid didn't want to take his advice. Though stabbing is going too far.
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Italian teen stabs father in PlayStation row
Ahso!;1285337 wrote: Thats a bit extreme, don't you think, Odie? Maybe you could provide some evidence?
The father probably should have left the kid alone and not turned off the TV simply because the kid didn't want to take his advice. Though stabbing is going too far.
did you not read what his mother said?
"Mario is obsessed. He's forever playing on his PlayStation, and we bought him FIFA 2009 because we didn't want him playing violent games," his mother told Il Corriere.
It's far from extreme, I have seen some of these kids who are obsessive over these games and parents continue to allow this.
I will admit the father had a huge role on his part, to start arguments over a game.:rolleyes:
One teen ran away from home because his parents took away his computer, he ended up killing himself.
Parents need to be taught, when they see their kid becomes obsessed, its time they need help.
This is all some do now, games games and more games, to the point of never going out and seeing their friends now because their friends play along with them right from their own homes.
I know a kid who spends every single moment on the computer playing games with 4 of his friends from school, each one at their own home.
They all play together as themselves.
Some parents think its cool, as the kids are no longer bothering them.
and no, I don`t have any links nor feel like looking them up, believe what you want.
The father probably should have left the kid alone and not turned off the TV simply because the kid didn't want to take his advice. Though stabbing is going too far.
did you not read what his mother said?
"Mario is obsessed. He's forever playing on his PlayStation, and we bought him FIFA 2009 because we didn't want him playing violent games," his mother told Il Corriere.
It's far from extreme, I have seen some of these kids who are obsessive over these games and parents continue to allow this.
I will admit the father had a huge role on his part, to start arguments over a game.:rolleyes:
One teen ran away from home because his parents took away his computer, he ended up killing himself.
Parents need to be taught, when they see their kid becomes obsessed, its time they need help.
This is all some do now, games games and more games, to the point of never going out and seeing their friends now because their friends play along with them right from their own homes.
I know a kid who spends every single moment on the computer playing games with 4 of his friends from school, each one at their own home.
They all play together as themselves.
Some parents think its cool, as the kids are no longer bothering them.
and no, I don`t have any links nor feel like looking them up, believe what you want.
Life is just to short for drama.
Italian teen stabs father in PlayStation row
And that was football!!!! (soccer for the N Americans),
Can you image what he would have done if he was playing Modern Warfare?
Yikes!!
Can you image what he would have done if he was playing Modern Warfare?
Yikes!!
Italian teen stabs father in PlayStation row
mikeinie;1285395 wrote: And that was football!!!! (soccer for the N Americans),
Can you image what he would have done if he was playing Modern Warfare?
Yikes!!
games are not always meant for children.
Can you image what he would have done if he was playing Modern Warfare?
Yikes!!
games are not always meant for children.
Life is just to short for drama.