Groepszelfmoorden in Japan en elders

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Nine dead in Japan suspected suicides
Sat Feb 5, 2005

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese police are investigating two separate cases of suspected group suicides after nine people were found dead in parked cars, the latest in a series of such cases.

Three men and three women, who all appeared to be in their 20s, were found dead on Saturday in a station wagon parked on a remote road in Miura just west of Tokyo, a police spokesman said on Saturday.

"We think it's a case of group suicide," he said, adding that officers had found four charcoal stoves and boxes of sleeping pills in the car, which had its windows sealed from the inside. The stoves generate carbon monoxide, a deadly poison.

Separately, in Higashi Izu town in the central prefecture of Shizuoka, police found three people -- a man and two women -- dead in a parked car, which also had a charcoal stove inside and had the windows sealed.

A local police official said they also suspected the case was a group suicide. He added the three appeared to be in their 30s or 40s.

It was not immediately clear whether there was any connection between the incidents at the two locations, which are about 80 km (50 miles) apart.

Japan has been hit by a series of group suicide pacts, many by strangers who only got to know each other through suicide Web sites, and dubbed by the Japanese media as "Internet suicides".

A total of 34 people killed themselves in such pacts in 2003, according to police data.

Japan has one of the highest rates of suicide in the developed world and has no religious prohibitions against a practice long been seen as a way to escape failure. Suicide is also seen as a way of saving loved ones from embarrassment over financial losses.

Reuters

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Op zaterdag 5 februari 2005 17:38 schreef Docker het volgende:
Is al eerder gebeurt tog?

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Op zaterdag 5 februari 2005 17:39 schreef Eightball het volgende:
Daar is zelfs een speciaal bos voor waar opzichters 's-ochtends gaan zoeken naar mensen die in de bomen hangen...

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Mondays see most suicides; men tend to pick 5 a.m., women noon

Saturday, January 29, 2005

Mondays had the most suicides in Japan in 2003, with the most common hour being around 5 a.m. for men and around noon for women, an analysis by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare showed Friday.
The ministry analyzed suicides in 2003 according to the day of the week, excluding national and yearend holidays, and the hour they took place.

The number of suicides rose to a record high 32,109 in the reporting year, exceeding 30,000 for the sixth straight year, the ministry said.

The ministry said men tended to commit suicide in the early morning, apparently wanting to avoid being noticed by others, while women did so around noon when they were alone at home after their families had gone to work or school.

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Death by hanging was the most common method, but group suicide through gas inhalation also increased, with 3,538 people involved, up by 2,024 from 2002.

Japan has seen a series of incidents in which strangers got together through the Internet and committed suicide in a group, typically using charcoal stoves inside sealed environments, including vehicles.

hele artikel -> The Japan Times

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Op zaterdag 5 februari 2005 18:11 schreef wonko het volgende:

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Lekkere cijfers. Hoe zit dat in Europa en in het bijzonder in N?

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Be my dead valentine



A US man has been charged with using an internet chat room to try to set up a mass suicide pact for Valentine's Day.
Police are now trying to use computer records to trace dozens of potential participants in the US and Canada.

Gerald Krien, 26, from Klamath Falls, Oregon, was charged on Friday with trying to solicit aggravated murder.

Police were alerted by a Canadian woman who became worried after learning that a mother planned to kill her two children before killing herself.

If convicted, Mr Krien could face 10 to 30 years in prison.

Intervention hope

The participants - as many as 32 - apparently planned to log into the chat room on Valentine's Day and commit suicide while in touch over the internet, police said.

Investigators are examining Mr Krien's computer and webcam to determine whether the agreement was genuine or a hoax.

Klamath County sheriff Timothy Evinger said the priority was to establish where any people at risk - particularly the children - were located.

verder: Man 'set Valentine suicide pact'