A man was shot dead in a cinema in Latvia, after eating his popcorn too loudly during a screen of Black Swan

Shot dead - for eating popcorn too loudly

A man was shot dead in a cinema in Latvia, after eating his popcorn too loudly during a screen of Black Swan.

The shooting occurred on Saturday evening in the central multiplex cinema in the Latvian capital, Riga as the credits rolled during a screen of the Oscar-nominated film "Black Swan".

The movie is a psychological thriller about a ballet dancer who loses her mind succumbing to pressure to perform.

Latvia's police spokeswoman Sigita Pildava said the 42-year old victim died shortly after the shooting.

She said police arrested the the suspected shooter, a 27-year-old man, believed to be a graduate of the Latvian police academy.

Witnesses told Latvian news agency Leta that the shooting was triggered over how loudly the deceased man, who was accompanied by his daughter, was eating his popcorn.

One eyewitness was quoted as saying that the victim had been disturbing other viewers all the time by rustling his pack of popcorn and crunching loudly.

Gun-crime is relatively rare in Latvia, a European Union nation of 2.2 million.
Source: Agencies

Published Feb 21 2011

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