On Jan 18, 2014, Yang Jiu, a migrant worker, tried to kill his paralyzed mother and himself at a rented home in Dongguan, Guangdong province. Fortunately, both Yang and his mother were rescued.

Being a filial son, Yang had long been tortured by his inability to earn a good living for his bedridden mother. He resorted to murder to seek relief. He hacked the back of his mother's neck with a kitchen knife, and then cut his abdomen and left wrist. [Photo/qq.com]