of thailand halts grand theft auto sales after murder

Thailand halts Grand Theft Auto sales after murder: A video game distributor in Thailand has stopped the sales of "Grand Theft Auto" after a teenager confessed to robbing and murdering a taxi driver while trying to recreate a scene from the controversial game.

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. 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.

[via i4u]