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Swedish man commits suicide online
Oct 12, 2010, 13:16 GMT
Stockholm - A Swedish man who broadcast his own suicide online has been identified as Marcus Jannes, Stockholm daily Expressen reported Tuesday.
Jannes, 21, rigged up a web camera and created a discussion thread on the Flashback web site Monday morning where he wrote about his plans to hang himself.
He said he had poor social skills and was lonely, citing that he had Asperger's syndrome and autism. 'I have made up my mind to kill myself,' he wrote.
His entries soon attracted hundreds of other Flashback users. Some expressed disbelief, others realised that Jannes intended to go ahead with his plans and tried to alert emergency services.
Meanwhile, his sister was contacted by a friend who identified Jannes who also posted his plans on the social networking site Facebook. When she failed to reach Marcus over the phone, she rushed to his flat but could not get in, the newspaper said.
Police and emergency services arrived at the scene and forced their way into the flat, but efforts to resuscitate Jannes failed.
Jannes' family who live near Sodertalje, south of Stockholm, said they wanted his name to be released to prevent rumours and false information.
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