A six-year-old Chinese boy whose eyes were gouged out in an attack more than three months ago was discharged from a hospital in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen yesterday where he was successfully fitted with prosthetic eyes.

Chinese authorities suspect the woman who gouged out a six-year-old boy’s eyes was his aunt who later took her own life, state media said, adding a surprising twist to a gruesome case with conflicting details.

Chinese authorities suspect that a woman who gouged out a six-year-old boy’s eyes was his aunt who later killed herself.