A teenager has stabbed an 18 year old former friend to death after a 'loss of face'. The victim, Salum Kombo, insulted the 16 year old boy on Facebook by calling him a pussy. The boy will be jailed for 14 years.
The boys who used to be friends had been insulting eachother for days before the stabbing occured. After the victim called the other boy a pussy. The insulted teenager felt he had to save his face because he felt so humiliated. Friends tried to stop him, but he was so angry that he could not be stopped.
The boy claimed he acted in self-defence. The jury however rejected his explanation and convicted the boy for murder. "You were angry and humiliated and you wanted to fight him and he was quite prepared to fight you. But you knew in a fair fight you would lose."
I do not think the boy really wanted to kill his former friend. However, he did wanted to do severe damage to him, so it does not make the matter any less worse.
I wish I could say: what if they had just talked it over and tried to make up. But with some people that kind of thing apparently just does not work. Of course resorting to violence is never the answer..
I really do feel sorry for the boy that has been killed, but insulting someone is not really nice either. Both boys were wrong, but the killer was just a bit more wrong.
Link to article: "http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/22/teenager-jailed-facebook-insult"
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