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The boy killed his entire family because his mother punished him by taking away his video game console and Wi-Fi he details emerged at the weekend of a triple murder in Elche in which a 15 year old Spanish boy shot dead his mother, father and brother, as a result of being punished for his poor school grades.
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15 YEAR OLD BOY SHOOTS P A R E N T S AND BROTHER D E A D IN ELCHE VIDEO GAME DISPUTE
Having not heard from her sister and brother in law for three days the sister of the dead woman went to the family home where she found her 15-year-old nephew strangely alone in the house. When asked what was going on, his response chilled her: “I've argued with my parents about grades. I have killed them both, and my brother, with a shotgun.” This is how the tragedy, that has left the Algoda district of Elche in shock, was discov-
ered on Friday. A triple crime that has resulted in the deaths of a 50-year-old man, a 52-year-old woman and their 10-year-old son, all of Spanish nationality According to police sources, the boy's mother took away his video console as a punishment for the poor grades he had achieved in school. She also cut off the Wi-Fi access on his mobile phone, and the violence was unleashed as a result of the punishment. Although it only came to light last Friday, the triple murder took place almost a week ago on Tuesday afternoon, February 8th, when the alleged perpetrator took a hunting shotgun, apparently owned by his father, and fired two shots at pointblank range that killed his mother. She died instantly. His brother, just 10 years old, ran to the room when he heard the shooting. Two further shots then also killed him.
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