SAINT PETERSBURG AFP) – Chilling online death groups on popular social media that egg on teenagers to kill themselves are causing panic in Russia after a string of teen suicides.Hidden groups on social networking site VK, the Russian equivalent of Facebook, are reportedly controlled by mentors who incite their members to take their own lives.The existence of these groups, highlighted in an investigation by Novaya Gazeta opposition newspaper last year, has rattled parents and sparked heated debate in a country where suicide is largely a taboo subject.President Vladimir Putin has publicly expressed concern, this month calling for harsher punishments for …read more
Source: Dunya TV
