8-23-07
In a frightening display of cold-hearted lack of empathy,  authorities in Mumbai, India, said that two young children were slain by three older kids in the hopes that their death might result in school being cancelled.

The two young victims, both boys ages eight and five, were  brothers. They were strangled by three older students of the
boarding  school  in  which  they  attended.  The  three
perpetrators,  all  adolescents  ages  twelve  and  thirteen,
reportedly confessed to killing the pair in hopes that classes
would be cancelled in response to the deaths.

“When questioned, the boys said they knew this school gave a holiday when a child had died last year and thoughtthey could get another holiday this year,” said S. Sethi, a police officer for the Jalna district, about 200 miles east of Mumbai.