A man and a woman both in their 20s were found dead in a car Saturday in an apparent Internet-arranged suicide, police said.
Police said they inhaled toxic fumes inside the vehicle on a hill in Buan, North Jeolla Province.
The 29-year-old man and 26-year-old woman apparently burned coal briquettes and took sleeping pills, according to police.
They got acquainted with each other after joining a suicide website and exchanged mobile phone messages to plan their suicide, police said.
Operators of websites promoting suicide are punishable by up to 10 years in jail.
In June, two young men and two women killed themselves in a car after they met through a suicide website. They left suicide notes in the vehicle full of toxic gas from coal briquettes.
(한글기사)
자살사이트서 만난 남녀 2명, 연탄불 자살
6일 오후 7시10분께 전북 부안군 진서면 운호리 한 야산에서 A(29•강원도)씨와 B(26•여•서울시)씨가 승합차 뒷좌석에 연탄불을 피우고 숨진 채 발견됐다.
이들은 인터넷 자살사이트에서 만난 사이로 지난달 26일부터 휴대전화 문자메시지를 주고받으며 자살을 계획했다고 경찰은 밝혔다.
뒤 차량 뒷좌석에 연탄불을 피우고 수면제를 복용한 것으로 추정했다.
경찰 관계자는 "타살 혐의가 없어 시신을 유족에게 인계할 예정"이라고 말했다. (연합뉴스)
