Guatemala teen playing Pokemon Go shot dead and his friend injured

The teenager was hunting the virtual characters when he was attacked
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Gerard Couzens20 July 2016
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A teenager was killed and another seriously injured after being shot while playing Pokémon Go in Guatemala.

Jerson Lopez de Leon, 18, died after being ambushed with cousin Daniel Moises Picen, 17, on a street in Chiquimula, 120 miles south east of the capital Guatemala City.

Nearly 20 bullet casings were found at the scene of the murder.

Officials confirmed the pair had been hunting the virtual characters when they were attacked.

They are looking for the occupants of a van seen racing from the scene.

Police say they are unsure of the motive, but have speculated it could have been a bungled robbery or one of the teenagers had a problem with his attackers and was located through his phone.

Pokémon Go has caused a rash of problems throughout the world.

Rescuers had to be called out to aid a group of 20 teenagers playing the game in the early hours of yesterday when they pinched a boat and rowed to the middle of a lake.

The teenagers fled the Marine Lake in New Brighton, Merseyside, before crews arrived.

A driver was fined in Stourbridge, West Midlands, for playing at the wheel.

Two Pokémon Go players were shot at by a homeowner in Florida after being mistaken for burglars.

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