New Zealand bans 'abhorrent' video game seemingly based on Christchurch mass shooting
Fox News Flash top headlines for Oct. 31 are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com New Zealand has banned an "abhorrent" video game that the country's chief censor said glorifies the mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch that killed 51 worshipers last March, according to a report. Chief Censor David Shanks said in a statement that the creators of the game set out to "produce and sell a game designed to place the player in the role of a white supremacist terrorist killer." He classified the game as objectionable, adding that in the game "anyone who isn't a white heterosexual male is a target for simply existing," Reuters reported.
Oct-31-2019, 07:31:05 GMT
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