Thread: M6 Student Stabs Taxi Driver to Death in GTA Imitation

A Mathayom 6 student stabbed a taxi driver to death yesterday, acting out a robbery he copied from the online game Grand Theft Auto. Neighbours called police to Soi Charan Sanitwong 77 in Bang Phlad district about 2.30am after being woken by a constantly blowing car horn and saw people struggling inside a pink taxi.

Police arrived and saw Polwat Chinno, 19, trying to steer the taxi backwards, but the soi is a dead end. The teen had locked himself in the car but they finally persuaded him to get out.

There was blood all over the vehicle. The body of the taxi driver, Kuan Pohkang, 54, from Maha Sarakham, was on the back seat. He had been stabbed about 10 times. Two sharp knives were found nearby.

Police said Polwat confessed to being addicted to the online game GTA and said killing seemed easy in the game. He imitated a scene where a criminal kills a driver for his car to escape police.

The game allows people to play the role of a criminal in a big city who attempts to climb the criminal ladder. They are given missions to complete, such as bank robbery and assassinations.

''I needed money to play the game every day. My parents give me only 100 baht a day, which is not enough. I am also fed up with them fighting. They are civil servants and do not make good money,'' he said.

''Today [Saturday] my mother gave me 500 baht, so in the evening I went to the Lotus superstore and bought knives.'' He flagged down one taxi near his house on Soi Charan Sanitwong 75, but the place was crowded so he did not make a move. He tried again and was picked up by Kuan, hoping the older man would not resist him.

When the taxi arrived at the destination, he pulled out a knife and held it against the driver's neck. He said he did not mean to kill him but the driver reached for a metal bar under a console and tried to hit him. He stabbed the driver several times, killing him, then dragged the body onto the back seat and sat behind the wheel.

He could not drive, but thought it would not be hard. He was still struggling with the car when police arrived.

Manon Pohkang, 25, the victim's son, said he was shocked by the sudden loss. His father was the family bread winner and was trying to repay loans to a bank and loan sharks. ''He was a nice man, who harmed no one,'' he said.
Polwat was charged with robbery causing death and possession of knives.



Bangkok Post | General news | Teenager imitates online game, kills taxi driver

Originally Posted by Aquaman

whatever happened to fun games like q-bert and burgertime

Yeah, and the Simms.

Originally Posted by Aquaman

fun games

my fav game when i was young was Turrican. serious amounts of guns, bombs and mass destruction involved.....didn't make me wanna go blow up shit though

A couple of weeks ago my computer was down so I went to a new nearby internet cafe at about 4pm. There were 16 computers and about 24 kids in the 10 to 15 y/o range. I decided to come back later when I thought it would be quieter. Went back at 11pm but nothing had changed. I decided to come back next morning when the kids would be at school. Went back next morning at 9am, (a school day), but the place was still packed with school age kids.

This place charges 15 baht/h. Pay for 2h get 1 free. 100 baht lasts a long time in there. Do these kids ever go to school? Does anybody care?

Originally Posted by zehner

''I needed money to play the game every day. My parents give me only 100 baht a day, which is not enough. I am also fed up with them fighting. They are civil servants and do not make good money,'' he said.

Another sick minded yobbo, who isn't adult enough to take the blame for his actions, blames everyone else, but himself. Lock him up and throw away the key.

Originally Posted by zehner

Police said Polwat confessed to being addicted to the online game GTA and said killing seemed easy in the game...

He could not drive, but thought it would not be hard. He was still struggling with the car when police arrived.

I think this this guy has bigger problems than just a video game.

Is there a scene in the new GTA where you have to kill a guy to get his car? In all the versions I've played, you just throw him out, get in and drive away.