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Bodies found in car in Kanagawa, police suspect Internet suicide

Two bodies were found in a parked car in Kanagawa Prefecture Sunday in what authorities suspect was another case in a spate of suicide pacts forged over the Internet, a police official said.

A passer-by discovered the bodies of two men, aged 31 and 22, in a mountainous area in Yamakita, Kanagawa Prefecture, according to local police official Kenji Takada.

The two appeared to have died from fumes as two charcoal burners were found inside the vehicle, he said, adding that they probably died a day or two ago. He did not reveal their names.

The men appeared to have met over the Internet and may have formed a suicide pact, Takada said, without elaborating.

He added that investigations were continuing.

The deaths follow a string of cases in Japan in which strangers have used the Internet to find others with whom to commit suicide.

In March alone, at least 21 people have been found dead in six separate cases of group suicide in Japan, with at least four cases thought to have involved people who made contact on the Web.

Though Internet suicide pacts have occurred since at least the late 1990s in a number of countries, they are most common in Japan, where the suicide rate is among the industrialized world's highest.

A record 91 people died in 34 Internet-linked suicide cases last year, up from 55 people in 19 cases in 2004, according to latest figures from the National Police Agency. The number of Internet suicide pacts has almost tripled from 2003, when the agency started keeping records. (AP)
nikonphoto80:
That is really scary and sad, I hate to hear about people commenting suicide, and for people to get together and do it just makes my hart hurt. frown
Apr 23, 2006

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