A 15 year old boy allegedly murdered his parents in Tokyo, Japan last week, before blowing up their apartment with home-made explosives in an attempt to conceal the evidence.
The media in Japan have linked the tragedy to Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto III, after the boy's schoolmates said he was a video gaming fan, and specifically a fan of GTA III:
Today, some media outlets are reporting that the boy's schoolmates have described him as an average student who loved playing video games, and that he was a fan of Grand Theft Auto III.
The boy was arrested yesterday at a hot springs resort in Gunma prefecture. According to police, the boy admitted to his crime when confronted, reportedly saying, "I wanted to kill my father since he made a fool out of me. I decided to kill my mother as well, since she was always saying that she wanted to die because of all the work she had to do. I felt sorry for her."
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