{"id":58786,"date":"2013-09-27T12:30:15","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T10:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=58786"},"modified":"2013-09-27T15:32:42","modified_gmt":"2013-09-27T13:32:42","slug":"sa-school-attack-blamed-on-gta-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/58786-sa-school-attack-blamed-on-gta-report","title":{"rendered":"SA school attack blamed on GTA: report"},"content":{"rendered":"

In another ridiculous attempt to link any act of violence to video games, South African news outlet EWN has tried to associate the Glenvista pupil\u2019s attack on his teacher to Grand Theft Auto.<\/p>\n

In the article \u201cGTA Glenvista\u201d, a link is created as some of the students in the video are heard saying \u201cGTA\u201d while the attack is going on.<\/p>\n

EWN contacted child psychologist Tshepiso Matentjie, who claims that the game promotes these acts of violence.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlayers gain points when they perpetrate very serious violent acts. If you kill a woman with your bare hands you get points. They also get points for raping a woman,\u201d said Matentjie.<\/p>\n

The association between the attack and GTA holds little validity, especially regarding the fact that Matentjie\u2019s assessment of \u201cpoints for raping a woman\u201d in GTA are completely false.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also been reported that teacher who was assaulted in Glenvista has since laid criminal charges.<\/p>\n