cartoon, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles." Like the "Power Rangers," the show centers on likable characters who pummel their opponents with fists and weapons. According to the Oslo newspaper Verdens Gang, one boy claimed he chased away the teenagers after he "kicked one of them in the leg until he bled, just like the Ninja Turtles."Īll four children reportedly were fans of the U.S.
On Tuesday, the site where Silje died was littered with flowers and candles left by stunned Norwegians.Īt first, the boys blamed three older youths seen near the area.
They can't understand the consequences of what they have done." "It is not possible to hate small children. "I forgive the ones who killed my daughter," Beathe Redergard told the Oslo newspaper Dagbladet. The children - two age 6 and one 5 - are too young to be charged with any crime under Norwegian law. Nobody - not even Silje's mother - seems to put the blame on the three boys who reportedly stoned and kicked their playmate then left her to freeze in the first snow of the season. And the prime minister, Gro Harlem Brundtland, said Norwegians should think twice before allowing such "free market" violence to be broadcast by commercial networks. The "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" has not been directly linked to the death of 5-year-old Silje Marie Redergard, who froze to death Saturday on a playground in Trondheim after a game with three boys her age turned ugly.But the Scandinavian network TV-3 moved quickly Tuesday to drop the popular show. 1-rated children's TV show in the United States has been taken off the air in Norway, Sweden and Denmark after a young girl's brutal killing renewed debate on the causes of violence.
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