Six people died of carbon monoxide poisoning by burning charcoal stoves in their cars, in the latest of the growing number of suicide pacts in Japan, police said today.
Three people -- a 21-year-old university student, a 25-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman with a part-time job -- were found dead in a car in the southern city of Fukuoka yesterday, police said.
The suicide pact was suspected to have been arranged over the internet as the three came from different parts of Japan.
In October, nine people were found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in rented vehicles near Tokyo. The suicides were organised by two women who met over the internet and tried but failed in a previous attempt to kill themselves together.
Three people -- a 21-year-old university student, a 25-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman with a part-time job -- were found dead in a car in the southern city of Fukuoka yesterday, police said.
The suicide pact was suspected to have been arranged over the internet as the three came from different parts of Japan.
In October, nine people were found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in rented vehicles near Tokyo. The suicides were organised by two women who met over the internet and tried but failed in a previous attempt to kill themselves together.
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