A dad bit his four-year-old son to death – leaving him covered in wounds – because he found him ‘cute enough to eat’, it was claimed.
The 28-year-old, who faces a murder charge, allegedly chewed on his son to show affection for him while on a trip to the beach.
It is claimed he gnawed on the youngster because he was annoyed that the boy would refuse his physical affection.
The dad was taking the child to Losari Beach in the city of Makassar, on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, when the boy suffered fatal injuries,Daily Mirror reports.
His wife got a call saying the boy had been taken to hospital where he died shortly afterwards.
Police questioned his dad, identified only by his initials HB, who told them the boy, identified as AM, had been injured in a motorcycle accident.
But police suspected he was lying after they carried out an autopsy on the tragic youngster.
After being questioned by police the father admitted biting the boy several times on Saturday
He used the term “gemes,” which is an Indonesian word describing the urge to bite or pinch something cute.
The closest equivalent in English is the expression “You’re so cute I could eat you up”.
The term can also be used to describe the desire to inflict physical abuse due to annoyance.
It is claimed the father experience both of these emotions when he allegedly killed his son.
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Is this for real?
OMG! Bite your child to death? This man belongs in prison for life…. Sicko! So cruel. The child must have been screaming in fear while his weirdo father bit him to
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