17-year-old hangs himself after father refused to buy him a scooter two months before his 18th birthday
Taiwan News
Date 2017/12/14
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A 17-year-old teenager was found to be dead in his room in
Scooter displayed in Taipei’s Ximending. (By Wikimedia Commons)
New Taipei’s Tucheng District yesterday (Dec. 13) from an apparent hanging, after his father refused to give him a scooter, just two months ahead of this 18th birthday, reported SETN.
At approximately 6 a.m. yesterday, firefighters received a call from a man saying “My son has died!” When rescuers arrived on the scene, they found a 17-year-old male had apparently hung himself in his bedroom and showing now signs of life. His father said his suicide was likely because of a dispute they had over a scooter.
According to an initial police investigation, the deceased has been identified as a second-year vocational student surnmed Fan (范). As he was only two months away from his 18th birthday, the previous evening he asked his father if he give him a scooter in advance, and even said that he was willing to take an part-time job to help pay for it.
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