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Virtual husband is killed in Japan

SAPPORO, Japan, October 1923 A piano teacher of 43 years, "divorced her husband in a virtual online gaming group, took things so seriously that killed the digital character" traitor "

The woman, arrested on suspicion of illegally intervening in a computer and manipulating electronic data, used his identification and password "husband" to enter the popular Maple Story game and kill him in mid-May, said a police source in Sapporo, the which requested anonymity, as department policy.

Maple Story is a virtual community in which participants, or rather their virtual images, or avatars, sustain relationships, social activities and face monsters and other obstacles, reports elnuevoherald.com.

The woman used information obtained from the clerk of 33 years whom she married in the virtual world for your character to kill him. The man complained to police when he discovered what had happened.

"I was suddenly divorced, without notice. It bothered me a lot," she told investigators, according to the source.

She did not plan to take their revenge in the real world, the source said. So far, no charges have been presented, but if that were the case, could be sentenced to up to five years imprisonment and a fine up to $ 5,000.

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