Sapporo teen jumps to his death

Sapporo teen jumps to his death

SAPPORO, Japan - Graffiti in August 2011 at an emergency stairway of an apartment building in Sapporo, Hokkaido in northern Japan, reads, ''Fall from here and die.'' A 13-year-old boy jumped to his death from the roof of the building on Aug. 30, 2011. Police are investigating if the graffiti has anything to do with the junior high school student's suicide.

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