Published: 2016 October 06 18:36:35 (10359 Views)

A supermarket worker has been beaten to death in a car park in what is feared to be Britain's first Pokemon Go murder.

Carl Gregory, 20, was killed after allegedly getting into a fight over the game.

Two men aged aged 20 and 27 were arrested on suspicion of murder in Broadstairs, Kent.

Carl was apparently attacked after getting involved in a fight while taking part in the mobile phone game, in which players compete to locate and capture virtual Pokemon monsters.

Paramedics battled to save Carl but he died in the shopping centre car park in Broadstairs, Kent, just after 10pm on Tuesday.

Police were yesterday searching the car park and scrutinising CCTV footage.



The victim and the suspects were known to each other.

Pokemon Go became a massive global hit when it launched its app in July. Players use their mobile's GPS system to track down and capture virtual monsters who appear on screen as if they were in the real world.

The app makers have also been criticised for using cemeteries and war memorials as locations for capturing monsters.

In August an 18-year-old said she was raped in the toilets of a club in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, during a Pokemon hunt party.

Days after the game's launch a boy of 18 was shot and killed while playing. Weeks later a young girl died in Cambodia when a car hit her as she tried to catch a Pokemon monster on a road.

The game has been blamed for numerous injuries, with 300 police incidents reported in the UK.



Source - Sun

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