Canadian Prime Minister assassinated -- in video game

Snip from Ottawa Citizen story about Ghost Recon: 2 Advanced Warfighter. The game opens with a scene in which Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper is shot and killed:

The fatal shots are fired as the prime minister meets the Mexican and American presidents at a landmark summit in Mexico -- the same place the real-life Mr. Harper wraps up a meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox today.

The video-game killing appears in Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter, the latest game inspired by thriller author Tom Clancy for the Xbox 360 system. The game, hailed by some reviewers as the best of its kind to date, has sold almost 50,000 units across Canada since its March 9 release and is already the most popular game for the Xbox 360.

The real-life Prime Minister's Office had no comment on the game.

Link  (Thanks, Doug Gayeton!)

Reader comment: joh3n says,

Ghost Recon Advanced Warrior [I think you mean "Warfighter" --XJ] takes place in 2013, so saying Harper is the one killed is a bit of a stretch.

Reader comment: Axel Caballero says,

It's interesting to note that Mexican Justice Department minister is seeking to take out of the market the game, because it "gives a bad image in the war against crime". The game takes place in Mexico's capital city, and we're currently on elections. Here is a link to the note (in spanish).