A 15 year old boy killed himself yesterday by jumping from a tokyo suburban high rise apartment block with
his 14 year old girlfriend, police said.
The boy died shortly after being taken to a local hospital, a police spokesman said. The girl is in a critical condition.
The teenagers were classmates at a public junior high school in Yachiyo,
east of Tokyo A local resident found
the couple early yesterday morning.
Police are questioning the students's parents, who reportedly were aware the couple were dating, for a motive, kyodo news service said. The pair left no notes.
Agence France Presse.