Firm Apologizes for Net Massacre Game

A company owned by Virgin Airlines chief Richard Branson apologized after a game based on the 1996 massacre of 16 children and their teacher in Dunblane, Scotland, was found on an Internet site accessed through Virgin Net. Ivan Izikowitz, technical director of London-based Virgin Net, said the company did not know that the site contained the material and removed it as soon as it was discovered. The game invited players to shoot at children, and those who hit all the targets with the fewest bullets were awarded a fictional accolade. Izikowitz said the subscription of the unidentified person who created the game was terminated.