Boy clings to life after father's abusive attack
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A teenage boy, who sustained a serious head injury after allegedly being thrown into a cesspool by his father, remains in critical condition in a hospital in Shanghai.
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Teng Dejin, a 13-year-old boy from Yunnan province, in an intensive care unit at the Shanghai Children's Hospital on Wednesday. Yang Xiaodong / for China Daily |
The 13-year-old, from Yunnan province, is in intensive care with multiple intracranial injuries, and doctors at the Shanghai Children's Hospital say there is danger of brain damage.
According to local media, on Feb 23, Teng Dejin angered his father at their home in Shuifu county of Yunnan province by asking him to stop demanding money from his mother who is working in Zhejiang province.
The father is believed to have hit the boy in the head with a stick until he lost consciousness, and then thrown him into a cesspool.
Neighbors said they heard Teng's cries, pulled him from the pool and sent him to a hospital.
The father, Teng Mingcai, has been detained by police.
Teng was unconscious for 20 days.
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