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Counter-Strike frustation leads to real life murder

Gaming frustration has claimed another life, in Novosibirsk, Russia. An innocent two-player Counter-Strike game turned ugly when Alexei, aged 17, was brutally murdered by Alexander, his 14-year-old opponent.

The Novosibirsk Prosecutor's Office website states that the two boys lads were playing Counter-Strike together at a local cyber café.

Alexander kept losing, and that's when things got nasty...
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