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Video games caused him to kill???
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| EvilTree |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4463202.stm
| quote: | Death Sentence for Korean soldier
A military court in South Korea has sentenced to death a soldier who shot dead eight of his colleagues in June.
Kim Dong-min threw a grenade inside his barracks near the border with North Korea, and then opened fire at random at colleagues they slept.
Kim, 22, had complained of bullying by his fellow soldiers.
An inquiry into the incident found Kim had become so obsessed by computer war games that he could no longer tell the difference between fantasy and reality.
In a ruling quoted by Yonhap news agency, the 3rd Army's district court said: "We can't help separating the accused from society permanently, though we take into account his lack of a previous criminal record, his youth and unease at being in a closed place.
"The victims, bereaved families and surviving soldiers have suffered deep despair and unforgettable damage," it said.
According to one account, the attack was so ferocious that witnesses feared South Korea was being invaded.
Kim's defence lawyer said he would appeal the ruling at a higher court.
The conscript was a university student before beginning his two years of military service last December.
The BBC's Charles Scanlon says there are frequent reports of bullying and violence against conscripts in South Korea's 600,000-man army.
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Sounds to me he snapped more than anything else. Then again, I don't have all the facts. |
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| Euphorica |
| was someone watching csi miami on monday or something :crazy: |
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| vendetta999 |
yah...sure...blame the video games. :rolleyes: the guy snapped just like you said.
and whats all this about witnesses thinking that they were being invaded because the attack was so ferocious? if thats the case, they should either keep the guy on the military cuz he's one crazy mother******, or accept the fact that one person cant "invade" a country. |
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| Wurm |
| Sounds like the basic training wasn't rigorous enough. It should have caused him to snap at a time when he didn't have access to the ordnance. |
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