Russian boy, 12, hired hitmen to kill his parents

Adopted child’s brutal revenge stuns nation

A BOY of 12 has stunned Russia by arranging the contract killing of his adoptive parents because he disliked having to tidy his room and brush his teeth.
Yaroslav Kislov, an orphan in the southern town of Volgograd, confessed to police that he had arranged the murders so he could inherit his guardians’ savings of 100,000 roubles (£2,300), and also because he was tired of having to do homework and housework.

Full story: The Observer

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What a world we live in these days. I certainly never thought of that…