He accused his grandchildren of stealing and burning hands as punishment.

They arrested a Chilean grandmother to have burned the palms of his grandchildren aged 6 and 8. According to police sources, the woman suspected the children of stealing 750 Chilean pesos, the equivalent of 50 Argentine pesos.

The incident occurred Tuesday in a house in the municipality of Quilicura, Chile, while the grandmother discovered that she was running out of money and he began to ask his grandchildren for explanations.

In the absence of a response, the woman took them to the kitchen, where He heated a chef's knife on the flame of a stove and then put them on the palms of hands as punishment, according to the agency EFE.

Afterwards, the grandmother took her grandchildren to the Juan Luis Undurraga School of the Belén Educa Foundation. In the clbadroom, teachers were quick to notice that the children did not use their handsso they decided to see them again. In doing so, they discovered the injuries and informed the police, who immediately arrested the grandmother.

Carabineros Lt Luis Basualto reported: "Boys They said that during the morning the grandmother had burned them with a knifeapparently for the loss of money ".

According to the authorities, the brothers had been left in charge of his grandmother while his father was working in a locality of the region of Valparaíso, where he goes every day.

The woman was released Wednesday afternoon and talked about what happened to the local media. "I did not burn them. I wanted to scare them, because it was not the first time that I was stealing money.he badured.

"Maybe it was not the way"said the grandmother, adding," I told them to get their hands together and I started telling them that they did not have to steal, let alone get into their wallets. I was furious. "