Target pulls GTA5 game from its shelves
Christmas shoppers will no longer be able to buy popular R-rated video game Grant Theft Auto V (GTA5) from Target after an online campaign succeeded in convincing the retailer to pull the "sickening game".
An online petition authored by former sex workers has so far attracted almost 40,000 signatures.
It says the game encourages players to kill prostitutes and calls on Target to stop selling it.
"Games like this are grooming yet another generation of boys to tolerate violence against women," the petition says.
Target general manager of corporate affairs Jim Cooper says after feedback from customers the retailer has decided to pull the game.
GTA5 is an award-winning game which set a sales record for entertainment products, passing the $1 billion sales mark after three days.
