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French soldier commits suicide live on webcam

Updated on: 04 November,2011 03:07 PM IST  | 
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A 22-year-old French soldier shot himself in the head while showing himself live on a webcam as he chatted with another user, a media report said

French soldier commits suicide live on webcam

A 22-year-old French soldier shot himself in the head while showing himself live on a webcam as he chatted with another user, a media report said


The soldier, identified as Jean-Edouard A., killed himself at his uncle's home in Marseille, during an online chat on health forum Doctissimo.fr, the Daily Mail reported citing French newspaper Le Parisien.


The footage of the dead man could be seen on the website for several hours after his death.


The other user alerted other people after witnessing the horrifying event. One user got in touch with the website's administrators in Canada, who identified the address of the computer the soldier was using. The website alerted Interpol and the French police.

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