Chinese teen chops hand off to ‘cure’ internet addiction An estimated 24 million Chinese teenagers are said to be addicted to online games

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Chinese teen chops hand off to ‘cure’ internet addiction

An estimated 24 million Chinese teenagers are said to be addicted to online games

There are currently an estimated 24 million young ‘web junkies’ in China Photo: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

A Chinese teenager has been rushed to hospital after chopping off his hand in a desperate attempt to cure his addiction to the internet.

There are currently an estimated 24 million young “web junkies” in China according to official estimates and a growing number of clinics and military-style “boot camps” designed to rehabilitate them.

However, hoping to rid himself of the vice, one 19-year-old from the city of Nantong in Jiangsu province took drastic measures of his own. He hacked his left hand off, according to a report on the Jiangsu TV channel.

“We cannot accept what has happened. It was completely out of the blue. He was a smart boy,” his mother, who declined to be identified, told reporters.

The woman said she had gone to her son’s bedroom at around 11pm last Wednesday only to find that he had disappeared. She found a handwritten note on the bed in which he should have been sleeping.

“Mum, I have gone to hospital for a while,” it read. “Don’t worry. I will definitely come back this evening.”

By then, her son, who was identified only as “Little Wang” had already smuggled a kitchen knife from their home and snuck out. Safely out of sight, the teenager severed his left hand at the wrist. He called a taxi to take him a nearby A&E and left the hand lying on the ground.

Local television broadcast gory images of a bloodstained bench on which the boy had reportedly been sitting when he cut off his hand….more here

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