www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7796605/amp/Russian-boy-eight-buckwheat-surgically-removed.htmlSergey Kazakov, 35, punished the boy for coming home late by making him kneel for nine hours at a time on the grain, causing seeds to take root in his bloodied knees.
The crop had to be surgically removed under general anaesthetic at a hospital in Omsk, Russia.
Kazakov also kicked the boy and pulled his hair while he was kneeling and the boy's mother Alina Yumasheva admitted she had approved the punishment.
