November 6th, 2008 // comments (Comments)

Suicide Bomber Game Condemned

The free game, which is available for everyone to download from the internet, features an Arab-looking cartoon man who players direct along a busy street.

Points are awarded for every man, woman and child who dies when the bomber detonates the hidden grenades strapped to his body.

Members of the Bali Bombing Victims Group described Kaboom – The Suicide Bombing as “completely sick”, and senior MPs have called for it to be taken down from websites.

Susanna Miller, who lost her brother Dan in the 2002 attacks in Indonesia, said: “It’s callous, inappropriate, irresponsible and deeply offensive. I find it disturbing.

The outrage is new… but the game appears to be several years old at this point.

Related:

• March 11, 2009 -- When A Suicide Bomber Detonates