ASIA: Teen torches warehouse over poor computer game performance
04 Jan 2009 8:20 PM
SEOUL, Jan 4 AFP - South Korean police have arrested a teenager for setting fire to a local warehouse over unhappiness at his poor performance at computer games.
The 15-year-old confessed that he carried out the arson attack on the warehouse atop a four-storey building because "his computer games did not go well" at an internet cafe on the first floor, Yonhap news agency said.
The Saturday evening fire in Chuncheon, 85km east of Seoul, caused damage estimated at four million won ($A4,300).
Police identified the suspect only as a high school student, while withholding his name and the school he was attending.
