Boy Kills Dad After Getting Keyboard Taken Away

[Porkinator]

A tragic story happened in southern Russia, where a 14-year-old boy killed his father with a sledgehammer. This reportedly happened after the boy's parents had taken away his keyboard as punishment after he spent a week playing computer games.

"At around 1am (local time) on April 12, the suspect dealt his sleeping father at least two blows on the head with a sledgehammer," the region's investigative committee said, according to News.com.au. "The man died on the spot from a head injury."


After killing his father, the boy's uninjured but frightened mother gave the keyboard back. The boy then continued to play computer games for several more hours before he fell asleep, at which point the mother contacted relatives who called the authorities.

Russian law dictates that the 14-year-old boy is eligible to be charged for murder.