A 13-year-old boy jumped to his death from atop his school building in Nagoya on Thursday afternoon.
Just past 5:30 p.m., the city fire department received a call that a student from the municipal middle school had been injured after jumping off the roof of his school building, Fuji TV reported Friday.
Police said the boy was rushed to hospital, and was pronounced dead two hours later.
Students who had witnessed the event were quoted by police as saying the boy had been feeling repressed recently.
© Japan Today
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gokai_wo_maneku
"feeling repressed"?
SauloJpn
Too sad! Too young! RIP!
CrazyJoe
If these kids would just look ahead a week or a month, they might live to see the best days of their lives.
Peacetrain
I hate stories like this. But if we want to stop kids doing this we have to do something about adult suicide first. Sadly, there are too many examples for young people to follow.
gokai_wo_maneku
I imagined that "repressed" was a typo for "depressed", which seems a more likely motive for suicide.
Richard Wood
@Harry Gatto.. Not only does it take a Doctor to pronounce a death but the person pronounced dead, has to have taken his last breath and actually be dead and even then, the emergency staff will try for awhile to resuscitate the victim so two hours is not out of line.
Michael Barnard
Too sad. What a waste.
Bear27840
Just a hunch here for I believe that he, sadly, was being bullied.
Elbuda Mexicano
Very sad,and I am afraid this young boy most likely was bullied and driven to suicide. RIP
nath
They bully and shut out anyone or anything different than them. if you do something different than them, they get envious. i think that is why they have this bully culture. they want every culture to conform to their culture. i can understand the feeling and sorrow of a lot of these people who were murdered by these savages. of course some people have problems and are, well, maybe a bit weird or off the wall strange in a way. but that doesn't give anyone any right to push someone to kill themselves. Very sad and disturbing how these people create such an atmosphere and culture of heartless sheep. they are robot breeders.
Sharon Arai
Why is this happening so often in Japan ??? It's really heartbreaking to hear...so much life ahead at the age of 13.
overchan
Bullying is not the only reason for suicide. There're infinite reasons.
Mirai Hayashi
@overchan
Not for a 13 year old
chtsai
"feeling depressed?"
Marilita Fabie-Fujisawa
Another issue of undiagnosed mental illness. The lack of school counsellings, attentive and sensitive teachers and of course the parents attention to the child plays a big role.
Iwandabaka
His family must be crushed.
Analin Dolar Esparas
If only I could save the life . it's like losing a child for me. What a pity!!!!
Fukuppy
Another one?
Harry_Gatto
Two hours? I know that it must be a doctor who pronounces death but two hours seems a long time. I wonder how long it took to get him to a hospital.
kaimycahl
Whats new!!!
Trapped
Synonyms for repress verb: keep back, hold in crush inhibit muffle quash quell restrain squelch stifle subdue subjugate suppress bottle chasten check collect compose control cool ...
I agree^^^^^ ??
John Galt
Very sad, indeed. But, honestly, he made his decision. RIP , young man