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GTA Blamed For French car fires

September 22, 2008 in News comments 27

A 13 year old in Lyon, France set 3 cars on fire reportedly because he wanted to imitate a scene from Grand Theft Auto IV, to cause destruction. He only played the game for a few hours before going to do this, it is said.

A teenager who torched three cars in Lyon, France, told police he was wanted to imitate scenes from the Grand Theft Auto video game.

The 13-year-old schoolboy used petrol to set light to three vehicles after playing on the violent GTA 4: Liberty City game on his home PC.

The game awards points creating as much as crime and destruction as possible in a city.
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  • 0
    kik36 Sep 22, 08
    Ummmm.....they haven't released the PC version, obviously the excuse/story is bunk.
    • 0
      RKRigney Sep 23, 08
      I kinda figured that the whole "Blame GTA for everything wrong with America" thing would fade out after a while. Guess I was wrong.
  • 0
    Onvacation Sep 22, 08
    What points are these?

    And yeah no PC version LOL
    • 0
      Twisted Sep 22, 08
      Its not a gaming news site, they could have easily gotten it wrong.

      Didn't notice that lol.
  • 0
    Chris717 Sep 22, 08
    It's not called

    GTA4: Liberty City.

    FAKE
    • 0
      chautemoc Sep 23, 08
      Not necessarily fake, but definitely inaccurate. The Daily Mail is tabloid journalism.
  • 0
    GTA_Fanatic Sep 22, 08
    This is fake, obviously.
  • 2
    Dark Arcanine Sep 23, 08
    What's wrong with it burning, France and all.

    Sounds more like a kid who wants attention and had his excuse for acting like a little tool. =(
  • 2
    TurMoiL911 Sep 23, 08
    quote
    The 13-year-old schoolboy used petrol to set light to three vehicles after playing on the violent GTA 4: Liberty City game on his home PC.
    Awww, little Frenchie doesn't wanna take responsibility for his actions ?

    Shut the hell up, kid. The video game didn't set those cars on fire; you did. Stop being a prick, grow up, and start suffering the consequences for your own dumbass mistakes.
    • 0
      Twisted Sep 23, 08
      Lol, seriously. I bet there are many stories of kids who watch movies, or something, and do stupid things like these. But only the ones based on video games seem to make news.
    • 1
      chautemoc Sep 23, 08
      I like your style .
      • 0
        Twisted Sep 23, 08
        Srsly Chautemoc how do you keep doing comments under 25 characters?
  • 2
    kspiess Sep 23, 08
    I blame the US economic crisis on... GTA IV .
  • 0
    Onvacation Sep 23, 08
    He has nothing to blame really, GTA is a 18+ Game. He'll probably get himself and his parents into more trouble by saying he got it from there xD
  • 0
    Final Blade Sep 23, 08
    lol, another tool trying to bring down GTA4.
    Correct me if im wrong but the PC version isn't even out yet, so how did he play it? Unless its pirated or something..
  • 0
    Avalith Sep 23, 08
    For some reason, I saw the last part of the story as "french car fries" and said wtf out loud. Glad to know I read it wrong.

    As for the whole "blame everything on GTA" bandwagon, I'd like to take this opportunity to blame GTA for Jack Thompson being such an idiot.
    • 0
      GTA_Fanatic Sep 23, 08
      For once blaming GTA actually makes sense.
    • 0
      huntyr Sep 23, 08
      thanks Avalith, now I got the munchies
  • 3
    Cruxis Mana Sep 23, 08

    Man chops off fingers cooking dinner, blames Cooking Mama.



    ...
  • 0
    Final Blade Sep 23, 08
    Man swings across the street using a rope on a light pole, blames Spiderman.


  • 1
    Onvacation Sep 23, 08
    MAN WRITES ON NEWS WEBSITE, BLAMES COMMENT BUTTON.
  • 1
    Zeon I Sep 25, 08
    Man gets caught Dogfighting, blames Pokemon.
  • 0
    Cruxis Mana Sep 25, 08
    Stop stealin' ma idea guyz.

    =[

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