RUSSIA 17 year old teen man, member of the athletic youth team, had committed suicide by hanging after he was convinced through online video and text conversations by a young woman likely in her mid to late 20’s that it is a very cool thing to do (she was wearing a full face mask). In her conversations she was repeatedly encouraging the 17 year old to hang himself while streaming it for her. Using phrases like “to show the world that this is the most brave way to affirm your disdain for death” and that “fear of death is what makes people slaves”. She was also repeatedly flirting with him, to further encourage female attention driven teen to do what she was encouraging him to do.
After about 3 weeks of such conversations with her the 17 year old had finally hanged himself for her, at the specific chosen date and time. While streaming using his phone the entire process and very slowly (as indicated by his pushed out tongue) getting strangled in the made from bed sheet noose, so she could watch it live. He was also wearing earbuds as he was streaming his death and so highly likely continuing listening to this woman talking to him as he was dying.
Below is the news article describing this driving to suicide trend, where people are using all kind of different methods to convince teenagers to commit suicide.
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