Man Commits Suicide Live on Internet: Hanging Photo Goes Viral

A Man in Sendai Japan Killed Himself Live on the Internet

Japanese police confirmed that a 24-year-old man did kill himself while streaming to users around the world last Tuesday.

Some viewers called police once they realized that the man was serious and was going to hang himself, but other users reportedly egged the man on after he posted that he was considering suicide. 

Once the police were called they were able to determine the man's address from Internet chat sites, but when they got to his home they found him already dead. Soon after his death, a photo of the man hanging from what appears to be a fabric belt was making the rounds on the Internet.

Ustream has stated that the image was not doctored and that it does depict the man who committed suicide.

The man's identity has not been released to the media.