Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Woman in China throws grandson into well for being born under "bad" zodiac sign...

A woman in eastern China killed her infant grandson by tossing him into a well after a fortune-teller told her the child's zodiac sign would bring ruin to the family, state media reported.

The woman, identified only by her surname Ao, resolved to kill the child in Nanchang city after the seer warned his Chinese zodiac sign "clashed" with those of others in the family, Jiangxi province's news website said on Monday.

When Ao's daughter-in-law, surnamed Wang, was pregnant with the child, Ao went so far as to encourage another grandson to hit Wang in the belly in an attempt to cause a miscarriage, said the government-run Jiangxi News site. More...

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