Russian teenager jailed over ‘Minecraft plot to blow up virtual spy HQ’
by Agence France-Presse in Moscow from on (#5W0HF)
Boy, 16, sentenced to five years for alleged plan to target FSB building created in computer game
A Russian teenager has been sentenced to five years in prison for allegedly planning to blow up a virtual FSB security service building in the video game Minecraft.
The ruling falls into a broader pattern under President Vladimir Putin in which young Russians are put behind bars on controversial and preemptive terrorism charges.
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