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"We are also urging video game arcades to pull the games from service," Sakchai said. An
18-year-old high school student, now in custody pending further investigations and a trial,
faces death by lethal injection if found guilty of robbing and killing a 54-year-old taxi driver with
a knife at the weekend.
Police said the youth, an obsessive player of "Grand Theft Auto", showed no sign of mental
problems during questioning and had confessed to committing the crime because of the
game.
"He said he wanted to find out if it was as easy in real life to rob a taxi as it was in the game,"
chief police investigator Veeravit Pipattanasak told Reuters.
The youth, described by his parents as polite and diligent, was arrested late on Saturday after
he was found trying to steer a cab backwards out of a Bangkok street with the severely
wounded driver in the back seat, newspapers reported.
The suspect told police he did not mean to kill the driver, whom he had chosen as a possible
victim because of his age, but that he stabbed him to death when he fought back,
newspapers reported.
18-year-old high school student, now in custody pending further investigations and a trial,
faces death by lethal injection if found guilty of robbing and killing a 54-year-old taxi driver with
a knife at the weekend.
Police said the youth, an obsessive player of "Grand Theft Auto", showed no sign of mental
problems during questioning and had confessed to committing the crime because of the
game.
"He said he wanted to find out if it was as easy in real life to rob a taxi as it was in the game,"
chief police investigator Veeravit Pipattanasak told Reuters.
The youth, described by his parents as polite and diligent, was arrested late on Saturday after
he was found trying to steer a cab backwards out of a Bangkok street with the severely
wounded driver in the back seat, newspapers reported.
The suspect told police he did not mean to kill the driver, whom he had chosen as a possible
victim because of his age, but that he stabbed him to death when he fought back,
newspapers reported.
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai video game distributor halted
sales of "Grand Theft Auto" on Monday after a teenager
confessed to robbing and murdering a taxi driver while
trying to recreate a scene from the controversial game.
"We are sending out requests today to outlets and shops to
pull the games off their shelves and we will replace them
with other games," Sakchai Chotikachinda, sales and
marketing director of New Era Interactive Media, told
Reuters.
sales of "Grand Theft Auto" on Monday after a teenager
confessed to robbing and murdering a taxi driver while
trying to recreate a scene from the controversial game.
"We are sending out requests today to outlets and shops to
pull the games off their shelves and we will replace them
with other games," Sakchai Chotikachinda, sales and
marketing director of New Era Interactive Media, told
Reuters.
GTA4 spreads the violence on thick
(lets keep it in game only)
Thailand halts Grand Theft Auto sales after murder
(lets keep it in game only)
Thailand halts Grand Theft Auto sales after murder
| This sort of reminds me of the old Ozzy Osbourne 'Suicide Solution' wave of publicity from the 80's. We know that Rockstar never intended anyone to try and easily jack a taxi by pressing the "Y" button in real life, but statistics have proven that there are always 'outliers' of the norm that have happened and will continue to no matter what. But hey, don't go and beat a bum up if you see one in an ally, or smash a window just cause Niko can. It's not nearly as fun as in the game, and alot harder to lose your wanted level - Crutchboy |