He stabbed her multiple times, but fortunately has survived the attack.

He survived? *sigh of relief*

Well even crazy people play RTS games sometimes. I'm surprised it took him 18 years to snap - he's the type of person who'd punch an old lady just because the bus was late.

hell yeah starcraft gangstas represent

don't CUT our power, first person we see. you will die EVERY time.

Translation (by me, not perfect and probably not much better than Google Translate if at all):

"[b]The computer game malfunctioned
- then, the boy wanted to kill[/b]

The game-obsessed 18-year-old suddenly couldn't get his internet connection to work.
His dark thoughts around how it would be to murder [yes it says this, what the fuck] drove him to suddenly grab a kitchen knife and go out into the residential area late in the Saturday evening.

Seconds later he had attempted to murder an unknown passing 15-year-old girl.
The 18-year-old is now being judged for attempted murder and forensic psychiatric care[?] by the Nacka court.

The 18-year-old was not well and his thoughts were made even darker when the internet connection was cut and he was unable to continue the war game "Starcraft".

It was never planned that a 15-year-old girl on her way home from a party would be his victim. She just happened to be nearby laughing loudly together with a friend.

Despite several knife stabs the girl managed to avoid life-threatening damage. The deed was reported to the police the day after by the 18-year-olds father who found a bent knife with bloodstains in the house.

Prosecutor Jennie Söderberg had prosecuted for attempted murder. The court however chose to label the deed as attempted manslaughter based on his psychological condition and there being no earlier intent to kill the 15-year-old girl."

So yeah! Love the headline and the use of "war game" rather than "strategy game" for spice.

I can totally understand why he thought it was her fault.
I mean, she was walking by his house so clearly her magnetic field shut down his internet.
She deserved it!

Seriously though, poor girl.
That's messed up.

thats some beautiful artwork right there!

I'm just guessing here but, that girl will never ever play Starcraft 2.

The deed was reported to the police the day after by the 18-year-olds father who found a bent knife with bloodstains in the house.

Then what the fuck was going on with the girl all that time? And why didn't the dickhole clean the blade? And what about the girl who was with the girl? WTF JOURNALISM!?!

Meh, no big waste for society. He was playing games, so through wasting time couldn't be very productive and didn't dispose of the murder weapon, so he wasn't even mildly intelligent.

Oh, wait, actually it will be a waste for society as it will have to give out money on his accommodation and food from now on.

Hmph, two ridiculous assault stories in two days. You know, he could have always just said it was Starcraft that made him stab someone like other nuts and the media blames games for their or other peoples apparent problems.

And to know that he just had to construct additional pylons :(

Oh fuck, game legislation in Sweden incoming.

Are you sure this guy wasn't Tohno Shiki from Tsukihime/Melty Blood going randomly nuts? Hell, he could have travelled there to [SPOILER OMITTED].

One woman zerg rush!!

I wonder if he went "KEKEKEKEKE" as he did it.

That was awful, I know. I feel sorry for the girl, it must suck to go from having a great time at a party with a friend to getting stabbed by a maniac StarCraft player who lost his Internet for a bit.

wtf crazy people freak me out.

@Xzyliac I expect the girl and her friend were up all night sitting in the hospital emergency rooms. Lots of mugging victims can barely identify the criminal due to the shock of the attack. I expect it was the same situation here and we're lucky the guy's father was willing to turn him in.

psychiatric treatment? poor guy, they're going to totally brainwash him and he'll never game again.

well this was obviously becuz of teh video games and not becuz the mental unstability of the guy in question


afterall we all know starcraft is a game about stabbing 15 year old girls, stealing cars, dealing drugs and gay marriage



VIDEO GAMES ARE TEH EVIL!!!!!!


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@beardenvier With the pace of Blizzard's development, neither will we.