Man In Palembang Commits Suicide While Live On IG, Motive Is Still Being Investigated

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PALEMBANG - A man in Sukarami Village, Sukarami District, Palembang, committed suicide by hanging himself, Saturday, March 5. This action was even broadcast live through his Instagram account.

The police immediately went to the scene after receiving a report from the victim's colleague. Upon arrival at the scene, the perpetrator was declared dead.

The victim's body was then evacuated with the identification team from the Palembang Polrestabes for the post-mortem process.

The motive for the victim with the initials EG (23) is not yet known. Sukarami Police Superintendent Ipda Herman said his party was still investigating this case.

"We are still exploring the motive for this incident together with the Palembang Police," he said.

Previously, witness N (22) said that he first learned that EG, his partner in the anime community, hanged himself from a live broadcast on the victim's personal Instagram social media account, on Saturday afternoon at 12.00 WIB.

According to him, in the live broadcast, which lasted almost half an hour, the victim appeared to be silent in his reckless actions.

The victim hung himself by tying his neck using a curtain in the window vent of his boarding house.

"After a while, the victim's body convulsed and then it felt like foam was coming out of his mouth," he said.

Then, seeing the incident, witness N rushed to the victim's boarding house to help and at the same time check directly what really happened to his old colleague.

When he got there, he found that local residents had packed the victim's boarding house, until the police arrived to evacuate.