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p2pnet.net News:- Online romances can be dangerous. Or even deadly.
A 17-year-old boy in northeastern China had a fatal attraction for a woman he met online.
He killed himself after meeting her face-to-face in the real world.
Quoted by Agence France-Presse, Chinese state news agency Xinhua says the teenager first contacted “Qunjiaofeiyang”, or “Flying Skirt” using the popular Chinese online messaging software QQ.
“The girl described herself as a beautiful 19-year-old and the pair chatted on the Web for weeks before arranging a December 26 rendezvous in the nearby city of Mudanjiang, in far northeastern Heilongjiang province,” says AFP, adding:
“The boy arrived to discover the woman far less attractive than advertised and 10 years older than him, Xinhua said.”
He then, “immediately returned home, lost his appetite, and four days later hanged himself from a tree.”
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Also See:
Agence France-Presse - Chinese teen kills self when blind date turns ugly — report , January 5, 2007
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