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A 20-year-old man filmed himself killing his baby daughter in an abandoned hotel in Thailand while streaming the incident live on Facebook, before taking his own life.
The horrific footage – posted in two videos that lasted over four minutes – remained accessible on the man's Facebook page for almost 24 hours.
The crime took place Monday on the island of Phuket, and the alarm was raised by the baby's mother who contacted police to say her boyfriend had posted a video on his Facebook page which showed him tying a noose around his daughter's neck before lowering her body over the edge of the third floor of the abandoned hotel.
“You can hear the girl crying [on the video] and finally the crying stops. Then he pulls her up onto the rooftop and unties the rope from her neck,” a local police officer said Tuesday, describing the contents of the videos.
“This is an appalling incident and our hearts go out to the family of the victim,” a Facebook spokesman told. “There is absolutely no place for content of this kind on Facebook and it has now been removed.”
Facebook took down the videos following a request from Thailand's ministry of digital economy. “We contacted Facebook today and Facebook removed the videos,” a spokesman said.
The ministry added it will not be taking any action against the company. “We will not be able to press charges against Facebook, because Facebook is the service provider and they acted according to their protocol when we sent our request. They cooperated very well.”
However because the clip was available online for so long, it has been widely shared on social media in Thailand – one TV station even broadcast the clip. While it blurred the faces of those involved, this decision was strongly criticized.
The man had an argument with his girlfriend in the early hours of Monday morning, threatening to kill her because he believed she was having an affair.
She then fled the house, but when she returned on Monday afternoon, he left with the child, saying he would be home later. Soon after, the video footage was posted on Facebook.
Facebook is still reeling from a controversy earlier this month when footage of Steve Stephens killing Robert Godwin in Cleveland on Easter Sunday was posted to the social network and remained there for hours before finally being taken down.
At the time Facebook said it was “constantly exploring ways that new technologies can help us make sure Facebook is a safe environment.”
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In the early hours of a Wednesday, a gruesome suicide was broadcast live on TikTok. The man, 40 years old, who was broadcasting from Kaunas, made messages that he was going to kill himself, and then, after turning on the camera, he deliberately began stabbing himself.
Although one comment left by a viewer requested someone to call the police, the police claimed they were only notified after an Interpol office in Singapore notified them. The man was not identified, but he was not at his home, which was located around 40 minutes from Kaunas. When police finally found where he was located, five hours after the livestream had started, he had already died.
Trans lives matter (no the fuck they don't)
- sodapopemima : Reupload of my video without credit.
- usualrandomguy : why is this guy reposting so much shit cry emoji
- seidnei2 : Tard
- DicksForAfrica : Op is a piece of shit. Constant reposts
- RandomTrainfan : Mods, cut off this man's cock
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Bengaluru, India
A 34-year-old pedestrian died past midnight on Thursday after he allegedly fell on the road and was run over by a BMTC bus earlier that evening.
The victim, identified as Chetan, was a painter from Tamil Nadu. He had suffered severe injuries to the left side of his body and died at Victoria Hospital just past midnight.
Kamakshipalya traffic police noted that the accident occurred at 7.10 pm in front of the Kamakshipalya police station in northwestern Bengaluru.
The BMTC said, on Friday, that their bus (KA 57 F583) from depot 31 was coming back to the Kempegowda bus station, Majestic, from Janapriya Apartments, when the pedestrian "ran and fell on to the road".
The BMTC claimed that the conductor and the driver saw this. The driver then slammed the brakes, but was unable to stop the bus on time, it said. As a result, the left hind wheels went over Chetan, causing injuries and eventually, his death.
Footage shared by the BMTC from the bus' front camera showed a man walking towards the left side of the bus before suddenly leaping in front of it, and coming under its wheels.
Police are investigating the case based on CCTV footage and eyewitness accounts, and are yet to conclude the course of events.
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