Kobe International University students are evacuated Monday afternoon.

Student attempts hydrogen sulfide gas suicide at Kobe International University

Tuesday 09th December, 06:24 AM JST

KOBE —

A 20-year-old male student attempted to kill himself with hydrogen sulfide gas on the campus of Kobe International University in Hyogo Prefecture on Monday afternoon. The man was taken to hospital and remains in a critical condition, police said Tuesday.

According to police and the fire department, a university faculty member noticed sulfureous fumes coming from a toilet for men on the 4th floor of a campus building around 3:40 p.m., and called the fire department. Other staff and students found the student unconscious at the entrance of the toilet.

Police said about 100 people on the campus were evacuated, 20 of them saying that they felt unwell.

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13 Comments

timorborder at 10:20 AM JST - 9th December

"Found the student unconscious at the entrance of the toilet"

What an idiot, perhaps he had second thoughts. Willing to throw his life away at 20 years old. What a complete and absolute waste.
anonymouswoman at 10:23 AM JST - 9th December

really an idiot. Japanese have to be more open.
gogogo at 11:11 AM JST - 9th December

Moron
Beelzebub at 11:32 AM JST - 9th December

It's not killing himself so much as releasing lethal fumes that can easily kill other people. You need a chemist and sophisticated equipment to make a toxic nerve gas like sarin, but hydrogen sulfide can be produced from household detergents in a bucket, and it's nearly as lethal.
Altria at 11:43 AM JST - 9th December

The fast and the sulfureous.
thepro at 11:51 AM JST - 9th December

It's sad that a person gets to this stage where they feel that life has nothing else to offer them
peterduck at 12:27 PM JST - 9th December

find+obj+adj
Disillusioned at 12:41 PM JST - 9th December

So, now people have noticed him. Mission accomplished! Idiot! I have no sympathy what-so-ever for these morons, especially when they deliberately endanger the lives of other people.
Pachinko893 at 01:12 PM JST - 9th December

Whatever happend to ritual disembowlment followed by a good chop to the neck? I think the government should just make it an institution so that innocents are not endagered by the selfish acts (or failures) of others.
JOKERXJOKER at 01:16 PM JST - 9th December

Another toilet experimentation ... went wrong... it's sure stink...hahaha
dennis0bauer at 02:20 PM JST - 9th December

So the best of the best go to the university ej?
Kameleon at 05:42 PM JST - 9th December

Oh well!

University truly is for the clever people only;)
romulus3 at 06:48 PM JST - 9th December

he did it at school? he probably imagined that the girl (who does not know he exists) would rush in and save him and they would live happily ever after.