A 13 year old boy in Vietnam murdered an 81 year old woman in her own home. He strangled her to death, and stole $6.20 USD. He then buried her in his front yard. When authorities had questioned him about the attack, he said he needed the money to play online games, and decided to kill and rob the woman.

This is disturbing to me. Not only was it a PRE-MEDITATED attack, but it was planned out to the point of what to do after the killing. Furthermore, he didn't do it in a way that would be impersonal. He strangled her to death, meaning he saw her till the very end.

Vietnamese authorities are not going to send him to jail. They feel he is too young. Instead, he goes to a re-education camp where he will be released if he shows good behavior...I hope it's like the camps we saw in class when they captured American POWs.

Sorry, if that last line was "out of line," but something about this article really bothers me. Murdering and stealing in order to play a video game...it's not like trying to get food or something necessary.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/13-Year-Old-Boy-Kills-Old-Woman-Over-Cash-for-Online-Games-71503.shtml
http://generalreport.blogspot.com/2007/11/13-year-old-boy-kills-old-woman-over.html
http://www.ps3gameplayers.com/playstation-3-ps3-news/vietnamese-kid-straingles-elderly-woman-for-gaming-money/

frak me

ive seen alot of sh$%

but, wow

they need to ship that boy to a boot camp or sumthin

god...

that IS pry the most disturbing story i've ever heard

send him to a temple in tibet over bootcamp
don't know if getting screamed at would help that kid.

id say its more a lack of parental units than anything. there is always blame placed on something, other than the obvious.

sad story though.