Bridgend suicide incidents

The Bridgend suicide incidents are a set of suicides involving young people in the South Wales county borough of Bridgend. Reports speculated that a "suicide cult" was to blame. [ [http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1305988,00.html Bridgend Suicides: Another Body Found |Sky News|UK News] ] As of June 17 2008, there are twenty-two known deaths [cite news
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The parents of one of the dead accused the media of "glamorising ways of taking one's life to young people". [cite news | title =Parents attack suicides coverage | pages = | language = | publisher = BBC| date = 2008-02-19| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7253788.stm| accessdate = 2008-02-20 ] The MP for Bridgend said that the media were "now part of the problem". Mrs Pritchard added: "We have lost our son and the media reporting of this has made it more unbearable".

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