Is this the sickest toy ever? (From Warrington Guardian)

Is this the sickest toy ever?

A children's game where people compete to blow up Manhattan's Twin Towers has been withdrawn after religious groups condemned it.

The game that was sold in Warrington's Pound Store, on Buttermarket Street, stars Osama Bin Laden fighting the USA and uses graphic images of the September 11 tragedy.

It is aimed at children aged five and upwards.

The Rev Michael Finlay, rector of Warrington Parish Church, said: "I think it's rather sick that it's Bin Laden versus the USA and would not be conducive to building relationships with other communities in the town."

While Shaukat Rashid of the Warrington Islamic Association said: "It's despicable that an act like that is being used to profiteer.

"The Islamic community in Warrington publicly condemned the perpetrators of September 11 and we would call on people to boycott this game. It is sick. What will be next, a game based on the Tsunami disaster?"

Hannah Birchall, aged 16 of Rhodes Street, Warrington agreed. She said: "The images on the box bring back all the memories of September 11. I think it will desensitise children to what happened and to other tragic events."

Her friend Kim Walmsley, aged 17, of Padgate was appalled but unsurprised that people sought to make money from September 11.

She said: "The media and toy companies always try to make money out of tragedies. I think the game is horrible and people caught up in September 11 will be very upset but I'm not surprised it exists."

The Pound Store on Buttermarket Street has agreed to withdraw the game after being contacted by the Warrington Guardian. Imran Sodawala, director, said: "It's not only this shop that sells it, I've seen it in other Pound Stores but if people are upset then I will withdraw it straight away."

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