Japan Net suicide pacts
p2p news / p2pnet: Japanese authorities suspect nine people are the most recent victims of suicide pacts arranged online.
"The asphyxiated bodies of five men and a woman were found in a car at Chichibu, near Tokyo, while three more bodies were found near Hirosaki," says the BBC.
"Police are investigating whether the Chichibu six met via the internet.”
Japan has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, and internet pacts are thought to appeal to those who are scared to die alone."
The number of Japanese committing suicide has been rising steadily and more than 34,000 Japanese took their own lives in 2003, according to the National Police Agency, says the story, adding:
"The number of people killing themselves in suicide pacts made over the internet – while still small – has been rising sharply."
Also See:
BBC – Japan ’suicide pacts’ claim nine, March 10, 2006
