Video Game Addict Stabs Mother To Death, Plays More Counter-Strike

A 15-year old boy by the name of Ionut Silviu Savin (pictured) killed his adoptive mother by stabbing her 17 times with a knife before leaving his home to play Counter-Strike at a local internet café for four hours.

The murder, which occurred this past Wednesday, was headline news in Romania.

Ionut was said to be ‘dependant’ to video games, which caused his mother to terminate his access to the internet, a decision which lead to her murder.

The woman’s body was discovered by her husband, Ionut’s adoptive father, as he returned home from work. Although the man contacted the police, Ionut turned himself in to police custody, taking full responsibility for his actions.

According to his father and witness accounts in the Romanian news, Ionut is reported to have given up his studies and social life for the violent game, and missed over 200 classes in the past year.

When interviewed, the supervisor of the Internet café that Ionut frequented stated that the boy would spend most of his time alone playing Counter-Strike, wearing a hood over his head. She also noted that the boy had a calm demeanor, never swearing when he lost matches, or displaying an ounce of anger. He rarely interacted with the café’s other patrons.

His high school teacher, who was shocked by the boy’s actions, said that he had a “quiet and introverted” personality.

Ionut is currently hospitalized under guard at a psychiatric clinic, and awaits examinations to determine whether he was in full control of his actions at the time of the crime. If tried and found guilty of first degree murder, Ionut may face up to 12 years in prison.