<!--QuoteBegin-Mudy+Jan 4 2007, 09:08 PM-->QUOTE(Mudy @ Jan 4 2007, 09:08 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>WB: Teenager hangs self over Saddam`s execution </b>
Height of Stupidty.
[right][snapback]62737[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->It seems that the hanging video has affected more than one.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/execution...7777279093.html
<b>Execution prompts children's hangings</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Graphic images of Saddam Hussein's execution this week have had tragic repercussions for the families of three children who hanged themselves after watching the footage.
In Webster, a suburb of Houston, Texas, Sergio Pelico, 10, accidentally hanged himself on New Year's Eve after watching television reports of Saddam's execution, police said.
In western Pakistan, a nine-year-old boy near the town of Multan died trying to copy scenes from the execution. Mubashar Ali, helped by his 10-year-old sister, tied a rope to a ceiling fan and his neck. Their father said the children had been watching the Saddam footage on television.
A 15-year-old Indian girl from Kharda, in West Bengal, hanged herself in response to the Saddam execution, saying she wanted to feel his pain.
The body of the US boy was found hanging from his bunk bed. He had asked about the execution, an uncle said.
"He asked, 'Is this how they killed people?"' Adolfo Chavez said. "We said, 'No, but they did it to this man because he's bad."'
Mr Chavez said his nephew said nothing more about the hanging. The next night, as adults prepared dinner and his cousins played, Sergio went upstairs to his bedroom. Another child found the body.
"It was nothing more than a tragic accident," said Captain Thomas Claunch, of the Webster police. "I think he was trying to mimic the behaviour, and it got out of hand."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Height of Stupidty.
[right][snapback]62737[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->It seems that the hanging video has affected more than one.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/execution...7777279093.html
<b>Execution prompts children's hangings</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Graphic images of Saddam Hussein's execution this week have had tragic repercussions for the families of three children who hanged themselves after watching the footage.
In Webster, a suburb of Houston, Texas, Sergio Pelico, 10, accidentally hanged himself on New Year's Eve after watching television reports of Saddam's execution, police said.
In western Pakistan, a nine-year-old boy near the town of Multan died trying to copy scenes from the execution. Mubashar Ali, helped by his 10-year-old sister, tied a rope to a ceiling fan and his neck. Their father said the children had been watching the Saddam footage on television.
A 15-year-old Indian girl from Kharda, in West Bengal, hanged herself in response to the Saddam execution, saying she wanted to feel his pain.
The body of the US boy was found hanging from his bunk bed. He had asked about the execution, an uncle said.
"He asked, 'Is this how they killed people?"' Adolfo Chavez said. "We said, 'No, but they did it to this man because he's bad."'
Mr Chavez said his nephew said nothing more about the hanging. The next night, as adults prepared dinner and his cousins played, Sergio went upstairs to his bedroom. Another child found the body.
"It was nothing more than a tragic accident," said Captain Thomas Claunch, of the Webster police. "I think he was trying to mimic the behaviour, and it got out of hand."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->