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Britain's First "Web-Rage" Attack

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the why-can't-people-just-get-along dept.

brown-eyed slug writes "The BBC is reporting what is claimed to be Britain's first "web-rage" attack. A man drove seventy miles to assault his victim with a pick-axe handle after they exchanged insults in a Yahoo! chat room." From the article: "Det Cons Christopher Creagh, of the Metropolitan Police, said: 'This is the first instance of a web-rage attack.' Det Sgt Jean-Marc Bazzoni, of Essex Police, added the case demonstrates the importance of protecting one's identity on the internet. 'Mr Jones had posted pictures of his family on the web and had chatted to Gibbons on an audio link,' he said. 'It demonstrates how easily other users can put two and two together and also shows how children could also find themselves in danger.'"

6 of 399 comments (clear)

  1. Sounds like he deserved it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Idioot

    1. Re:Sounds like he deserved it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Idioot?

  2. Obligatory bash quote by scenestar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    get up
      get on up
      get up
      get on up
      and DANCE
    * nmp3bot dances :D- i'm going to become rich and famous after i invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet

    --
    perpetually dwelling in the -1 pits
  3. Re:Self Control by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    At home or abroad, a gang of Brits are foul drunken animals with zero manners and zero consideration.

    I hang my head in shame.

  4. Re:That is why..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think a few hundred thousand Iraqi civilians might be inclined to tell you that the U.S. way of doing things isn't all the right way. Unfortunately most of them have been tortured and shot in secret prisons...Saddam must be wondering why you invaded, if you were just going to do the same thing he's been doing all these years.

    I'm just waiting to hear the U.S. declare war on the Kurds...after all, they're not white, so they must be terrorists!

  5. Re:That is why..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Eat shit, you commie faggot.