Three Japanese attempt group suicide in car

Japanese police found three people collapsed inside a car in an apparent group suicide attempt, Kyodo News agency reported today.

One man and two women, all young, were found next to burned charcoal in a passenger car parked in a mountainous area in Awaji city, western Japan, Kyodo said.

Police were checking their condition, Kyodo said.

There has been a recent spate of group suicides in Japan set up between strangers over the internet – though it wasn’t immediately clear how the latest group met.