Suicide attempt foiled with aid of Facebook
Suicide attempt foiled with aid of Facebook
A young man from the south of France who announced his intention to commit suicide on his Facebook page was saved after youngsters hundreds of miles away saw his post and alerted authorities.
The 24-year-old from city of Nice had posted a suicide note on his Facebook wall on Tuesday, in which he said goodbye to his friends, warning them that "it was not a joke", French daily Nice Matin reported.
The distressing post was seen by two young boys hundreds of miles away in the north of France who had been playing with the man on the social media site .
The pair immediately showed their mother who, alerted police to the Facebook post. Facing an apparent race against time officers contacted the police department that deals with cyber-crime in the hope they could track down the young man.
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