4 missing after SK mass suicide
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July 4, 2011, Monday
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FOUR South Koreans were missing and one was hospitalized yesterday after they jumped into a rain-swollen river in an apparent group suicide attempt first conceived online, police said.
The group - three men and two women - jumped off a bridge amid heavy downpours in Gapyeong, about 60 kilometers northeast of Seoul, chief investigator Lee Young-su said. Police earlier said the group comprised two men and three women but later changed the information.
A 24-year-old woman was rescued by a boat operator in the Bukhan river, Lee said. She was speaking to officials but had so far refused to say why she tried to kill herself, Lee said.
"These people met online. They tried to gas themselves to death the night before by burning charcoal briquets in a room," Lee said. "But it failed somehow."
Lee said the five drugged themselves with sleeping pills before jumping off the bridge.
Another police officer said heavy rain made it difficult for divers to search the river for the missing.
South Korea has one of the world's highest suicide rates. Economic difficulties, failed relationships and mental illnesses are often blamed.
The group - three men and two women - jumped off a bridge amid heavy downpours in Gapyeong, about 60 kilometers northeast of Seoul, chief investigator Lee Young-su said. Police earlier said the group comprised two men and three women but later changed the information.
A 24-year-old woman was rescued by a boat operator in the Bukhan river, Lee said. She was speaking to officials but had so far refused to say why she tried to kill herself, Lee said.
"These people met online. They tried to gas themselves to death the night before by burning charcoal briquets in a room," Lee said. "But it failed somehow."
Lee said the five drugged themselves with sleeping pills before jumping off the bridge.
Another police officer said heavy rain made it difficult for divers to search the river for the missing.
South Korea has one of the world's highest suicide rates. Economic difficulties, failed relationships and mental illnesses are often blamed.
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