(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); A 13-year-old boy slashed his 14-year-old friend's throat after disagreements while playing online video games. The two children are from Clydebank in Scotland's West Dunbartonshire council area and the incident occurred in April last year.

The Glasgow High Court was told the two children first met online, in December two years ago, while playing Gears of War 3 on the Xbox; Microsoft Studios' video game is certified 18 by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).

The children would often play football with other children and there was no reason for any fight until about a month before the incident. At that time there were online arguments and the court was told this included name calling over games' messaging systems.

And on the date of the attack, the victim and another boy were travelling to another friend's house when they met the accused. The court heard the boys may have had an argument before the attack but the victim was unable to recall the episode clearly.



Finally, it is understood the attacker cut the victim's throat and said "don't die" before walking away. The BBC reports the victim suffered a deep wound that needed 20 stitches.

Apologetic Messages

The attacker later messaged his victim, writing: "Honestly you don't know how upset I am. I'm sitting here on the Xbox just to say I'm sorry bro."



A second message, on the day of the attack, said: "I know you won't accept my apology and I know I'm going to get the jail, but I am actual so upset and so down."

Violent Games Blamed

"These games are rated 18 and shouldn't be played by children of this young age," Scottish Police Federation chairman Brian Docherty stated, adding, "But online gaming may be outside their parents' knowledge. We need to look again at what we can do to stop this."

"The reporting officer was of the opinion that the violent video games played online by the accused may have been a factor in his conduct," Andrew Brown, Prosecutor, QC, added.

The accused, now 14, will be sentenced later this month.

Microsoft's Statement

Meanwhile, in response to the incident, Microsoft have released a statement, saying: "We have some of the most robust parental control systems to empower parents to decide how their children play and communicate. We have the greatest sympathy for the victim and his family."


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Damn that kid said fuck yo shit nigga you killed me to many times now you die

Some kids under the age of 18 can handle violent games and some kids can't. If you really look at it, it's the parents fault for buying a 18+ game for their child and not worrying about any side effects that could happen from playing that game. Slashing someone's throat is just mental insanity where he needs counseling and a psychologist. Sympathies towards the other kid.

Sympathy for the victim's & family from this tragedy.

This is horrific. I hope the victim is ok, I really don't know what to think of the attacker.

That kid is crazy!!!

Life lesson... If you don't like someone. Just cut their fucking throat.

You screen-peeking bastard

I think the parents should go to jail. As a parent, you're responsible for your child and his/her actions. I hate parents that allow video games to babysit their kid and when you bring it up to them, they get offended. This annoys me, and makes me wonder how "good" of a parent they really are. Obviously, they aren't because the very next day he was sending messages to his friend on Xbox. I would take my kids Xbox away from him permanently. He would never get it back until he moved out and buys it himself.

Why did they groan at me? Did I do something wrong?