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Boy, 15, beheaded himself with chainsaw after losing computer game: reports
By Will Stewart and Harvey Solomon-Brady, Will Stewart and Harvey Solomon-Brady
Published September 05, 2018
Russian police are investigating the death of a 15-year-old boy who reportedly beheaded himself with a chainsaw after losing a computer game. (istock)
Russian police are investigating claims a boy beheaded himself with a chainsaw after losing at a computer game.
According to reports Pavel Mateev, 15, went into his yard Monday morning before he “switched on a chainsaw and sawed off his own head.”
Russian media cited local sources saying that he was addicted to a computer game that his single mother had bought for him.
State owned Russian television channel NTV reported: “A teenager from Tomsk region committed suicide after he lost a computer game.”
It is unclear what computer game he was playing, but a female source said Pavel spent hours at his computer and that his “nerves gave in after a game”.
The local office of the Russian Investigative Committee gave no further details on Pavel’s case except to confirm a criminal case had been opened into incitement to suicide.
Russia has seen several so-called "death groups" allegedly incite children and teenagers to take their own lives whilst playing online games.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/boy-15-beheaded-himself-with-chainsaw-after-losing-computer-game-reports