13-year-old girl admits to killing some 50 people.

July 27, 2001 11:22 AM

13-year-old girl admits to killing some 50 people. Probably video games or MTV or rap music
posted by Postroad (12 comments total)

There is a long history of little girls telling big lies. Obviously this case needs more evidence then her own testimony.
posted by stbalbach at 11:40 AM on July 27, 2001

Probably video games or MTV or rap music...

Or maybe Evil Lagosian Cults?

And yeah, I imagine this isn't entirely the truth.
posted by Marquis at 11:41 AM on July 27, 2001

Or maybe it was because she was a "pupil at an army college" perhaps?
Sorry, that just jumped out at me.
posted by nprigoda at 11:41 AM on July 27, 2001

In many nations, there are a lot of young people killing others. Warlords don't put an age limit on new hires. The Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, and Columbia are a few of the places where the fighting is over diamond mines, etc. and the access to small arms fuels the conflict.

There is an estimated 500 million small arms in the world. In Pakistan owning a gun is rare, owning "guns" is common. In Columbia FARC members are as young as 11.

It's messed up. Babies are playing Guerilla. I need to take a walk. This stuff disturbs me whenever I think about it.
posted by john at 11:53 AM on July 27, 2001

I don't think this is true.
posted by jeb at 11:58 AM on July 27, 2001

jeb has spoken.
posted by stbalbach at 12:13 PM on July 27, 2001

'My Guns Were Plastic': Youthful Tales from Suburban America, 1975. Chapter one: "All the towns were named Berlin."
posted by clavdivs at 12:16 PM on July 27, 2001

the "pupil at an army college" bit stuck out to me as well. But what (besides occasional killing) do cults and armies have in common? Haircuts.
posted by Sellersburg/Speed at 12:19 PM on July 27, 2001

I guess anyone who can pull a trigger can kill someone ... but it's very disturbing all the same.... about as disturbing as those two kids in Britain who lured a toddler out and brutally murdered him. Sometimes I just don't want to live in this world. *sigh*
posted by Johannahh at 12:24 PM on July 27, 2001

I half expected this link to come from Ananova. That's a mighty sketchy news story.
posted by briank at 1:35 PM on July 27, 2001

Notice she killed 2 year olds as well as adults.

Also, notice that his is ritual killing. Probably no guns allowed; everything must be done by hand, I assume.
posted by Ptrin at 2:08 PM on July 27, 2001

I blame Jesus.
posted by dong_resin at 5:24 PM on July 27, 2001