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An angry mother was so desperate to get her seven-year-old to do her homework yesterday that she injured her daughter with a knife, and ended up being arrested.
The 29-year-old mother was preparing food in her Fanling home at 10am and her daughter was playing in the living room. She was ignoring repeated calls to finish her homework.
The mother got angry and came out of the kitchen with a knife in her hand, shouting at her child, who continued to ignore her.
'A row erupted, during which the mother slashed her daughter's left middle finger by accident, leaving an inch-long wound,' a police spokesman said.
The daughter rang her father, who was working in a nearby restaurant, and told him she was in pain. He called the police.