Parents Blame Video Games Obsession for Boy's Fatal Fall

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Parents Blame Video Games Obsession for Boy's Fatal Fall

The parents of a 14-year-old boy, who died after falling from his fourth-floor home, are blaming hallucinations caused by computer games for provoking his death.

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The parents of a 14-year-old boy, who died after falling from his fourth-floor home, are blaming hallucinations caused by computer games for provoking his death.

Police have found no evidence of foul play while investigating the fatal fall that occurred on March 8 in Yuanjiang City in Hunan Province.

According to his mother, the boy named He Cheng was obsessed by a popular violent computer game called "Legend" and often came home as late as 2 a.m. and left for the Internet bar again around 5 a.m.

The boy was always obsessed by beatings, killing or even flying shown in the game, his parents said. They claimed they had tried every means possible to stop him going to Internet bars where various computer games were offered, but had failed.

The tragedy happened after he returned home at 2 a.m. on March 8 and neighbors found his body downstairs at 7 a.m.

Neighbors said He Cheng was a clever boy but appeared obsessed with computer games.

Further investigation are still ongoing.

According to China's Public Security decrees, all youngsters under 16 are barred from Internet bars.

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