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Strangers die in Britain's 'first' online suicide pact
The death of two strangers, who killed themselves in what is believed to be Britain's first Internet suicide pact, has prompted calls for websites promoting suicide to be banned, a newspaper said.
Japan and other Far Eastern countries have also experienced the phenomenon. Christopher Aston, a 25-year-old student from Liverpool, northern England, and unemployed Maria Williams, 42, also known as Sanchez, from south London, were found dead in a car in the British capital on February 23. They had poisoned themselves with carbon monoxide fumes from burning barbecue charcoal. An inquest this week was told that the pair made contact through a suicide website. They both left separate suicide notes. Tony Cox, of the charity Parents for Prevention of Young Suicide, told The Daily Telegraph newspaper that the incident highlighted the need for greater regulation of the Internet. "Internet suicide seems to be a growing phenomenon in parts of the Far East, especially in Japan," he said. "We have been dreading the moment something like this would happen. We hope
this is not the start of a trend. Websites that bring people like this together
should be closed down."
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