by ZeroAerey25 . on Nov 21, 2007
Don't you love it when sociopaths bring games into the spotlight?
Police recently arrested a 13-year old Vietnamese boy for strangling an 81-year old woman to death because he wanted money to play an MMO. He stole about six dollars from her body.
Hanoi - Police in Vietnam have arrested a 13-year-old boy accused of murdering and robbing an 81-year-old woman for money to play online games, a police official said Tuesday. Dinh The Dan was arrested on Sunday at his home in Nam Dinh province, 80 kilometers south of Hanoi, according to local policeman Nguyen Duy Duong.
Police say Dan strangled Mai Thi Mau, 81, with a piece of rope and took 100,000 dong (6.2 dollars) from her before burying her in a pile of sand in front of his house on November 10.
Read the tragic story at Earth Times and then tell us what you think.
[Via Destructoid]