Boy influenced by video game stabs student to death
A 15 years Russian boy, Alexey Maximov , under the influence of a video game confesses to having stabbed a student to death because he wanted to know what real murder felt like, says police.
He confessed to stabbing Daria Evdokimova , 21, in the neck , eyes, head , and chest , due to an obsession with killings when playing his computer games .
Alexey had taken a kitchen knife out “ to replay a scenario from his favourite computer game” , reported Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper citing law enforcement sources .
The student was said to have died on the spot.
The boy confessed to stabbing the girl multiple times and was quoted by Mash news outlet as saying : “ I did not intend to kill her, I was not going to .
“ But a voice inside me told me what had to be done .
“ I have always wanted to see how a person dies by my own hand . ”
He fled the scene of the killing before stealing the 30, 000 roubles – £350 from his victim .
A policeman had seen the attack , and gave chase , but lost him .
He was later traced by CCTV and mobile phone signals to his home, where he was found by police in his bedroom calmly playing PUBG – PlayerUnknown’ s Battlegrounds – game.
“ When police came to arrest Alexey, he was playing his favourite computer game as usual , killing somebody there .
“ He did not resist and quickly confessed to the murder, ” added Moskovsky Komsomolets.
“ As he told police, he was only trying to follow a scenario from his computer game. ”
( Mirror )