ONLINE SUICIDE: 20yr. Old Man Attempts Suicide Online as 200 Live Stream Viewers Encouraged Him

A disturbed young man has shocked North America after he tried to kill himself by setting his room on fire while 200 people watched on an online messageboard.

The 20-year-old identified himself only as ‘Stephen’ but is thought to be a student in Canada and announced on the anonymous 4chan that he intended to commit suicide and broadcast the event for others to see.

Disturbingly, scores of online users signed up to watch the suicide attempt and helped the man to set up the video stream for the ‘an hero’ – online slang for suicide attempt.

After 200 users had signed up to his video stream, ‘Stephen’ swallowed a handful of pills and drank vodka lighting a fire in the corner of his room about 7pm on Saturday.

He retreated under his bed as smoke appeared to billow around him.

4chan is an imageboard website allowing users to post anonymously.

‘As an oldf*g who’s been on 4chan since 2004, I thought I would finally give back to the community in the best possible way,’ he wrote on the notorious imageboard.

‘I am willing to an hero [commit suicide] on cam for you all.

‘All that I request is for you guys to link me to a site where I am able to stream it for you guys.’

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