Childbirth is a painful happiness for a woman, with both the anticipation of a new life and the fear of childbirth. Especially after childbirth, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflicts and parenting problems come one after another, and getting along well is likely to lead to postpartum depression.
Recently, a tragic incident occurred in Lohas Park, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong, where a 33-year-old woman stabbed her husband in the neck with a 30-centimeter-long fruit knife, causing her husband to die of excessive blood loss. The incident caused a great sensation in Hong Kong.
Sunrise Lohas Park
It is understood that the incident occurred at 11 p.m. on June 29. The 33-year-old female suspect used a 30-centimeter-long fruit knife to cut her husband's neck while she was asleep on the sofa in the living room at home, causing blood stains everywhere in the living room.
Seeing that her husband was unconscious, the female suspect called her father-in-law again, telling him that her son had been killed and that she was ready to jump off the building to his death, hoping that her father-in-law would treat her one-year-old grandson well. My father-in-law felt bad and quickly called the police.
The police rushed to the community involved
By the time the police arrived, the female suspect was already standing on the balcony, and one step further was the abyss.
The police persuaded him with good words, saying that his one-and-a-half-year-old son had no father and could no longer have a mother, so what should he do in the future. The female suspect was agitated and her attitude was repeated, but she was finally persuaded by the police.
After that, the female suspect was taken away for investigation, and according to her own statement, she had no dispute with her husband, which was caused by severe postpartum depression.
After a preliminary investigation, it was found that neither of the couple had an extramarital affair, the relationship had always been good, there was no record of family disputes, and the neighbors did not hear of the dispute between the two on weekdays, let alone financial problems.
Eventually, the female suspect was arrested on suspicion of murder, and the case was listed as murder and suicide attempt. The motive of the suspect still needs to be investigated in depth, and his mental state is the focus of the investigation.
It can be seen that postpartum depression is a very serious problem, and related cases have been repeatedly seen in the media. For example, a mother in Guangdong suffocated her four-year-old son to death with a quilt because she thought her child was too noisy; American postpartum mothers shoot their daughters and then commit suicide, and so on.
I hope that the family and society will pay more attention to the physical and mental health of postpartum women, improve relevant policies and assistance, open rescue channels, and reduce the occurrence of similar things.