Murder linked to Advance Wars forum

by Alexander Sliwinski on Sep 26th 2008 1:30PM

Details are still very sketchy on the murder of a 20-year-old British man, allegedly killed by someone he'd met on an Advance Wars forum. The BBC reports Matthew Pyke, who ran the forum, is suspected to have been stabbed to death at his home in Nottingham by a man currently in custody with German police. The 21-year-old suspect, whose name has been withheld by authorities, is currently in Frankfurt for an extradition hearing.

All the German police will say at this point is that the two men "got to know each other through the internet" on Pyke's Advance Wars website.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in.]

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Tags: advance-wars, death, germany, kill, matthew-pyke, murder

Reader Comments (63)

I'll just leave this here:
http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic1-092208.php

Wait, didn't Fernando say he was going to Nottingham, Germany?

I guess this is why you don't talk shit about Nintendo games...

Are you implying that Nottingham is in Germany? Because it's not you know.

Nottingham = a city in Britain a bit smaller than Manchester

Germany = where the killer cheesed-it to.

"whn you hit someone with a knife it's called stabbing"

That sounds familiar.

That's what they get for making a darker Advance Wars!

British really should think about banning murder.

"Advance wars: Dark Conflict" indeed

If there is anything I learn over the years, it's the useless of these bonus item. I always buy them and then leave them on the shelf. Think I should stop repeating the same mistake and save myself some money for other games.