Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Wife accused in swordplay death of husband

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese woman has been charged with accidentally killing her husband with a sword after he refused to make her dinner, the Shanghai Daily said on Tuesday.

Police said Tang Xiaowan, 25, who has been practicing swordsmanship since she was young, had often forced her husband of three years at sword point to carry out her demands.

On March 3, her husband, Li Weidong, refused to cook dinner because he was late for work.
Police said Tang picked up her sword and put it on Li's chest and promptly slipped, stabbing Li by mistake.

Li died in hospital from loss of blood.
Tang was arrested Monday and charged with manslaughter.

Source:http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/20062006/6/n-odds-wife-accused-swordplay-death-husband.html

This is a little scary. Now I'm all for women empowerment (and not allowing the husband to boss you around) but I think this is crossing the line.

And yes I know that it was accidental but still. On second thought how do you accidentally stab someone with freakin' sword?.

It's not like with a gun or something the old "my finger slipped" excuse really wouldn't work here.

Just another example of all accidents happening in the home granted this is a little more unusual then most.

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