OKAYAMA (TR) – A girl injured a teacher when she leaped from a school building in Okayama City last week in an apparent suicide attempt, local authorities said, reports TV Asahi (Oct. 23).
At just past 8:00 a.m. on October 23, a person at a middle school in Kita Ward tipped off emergency services about “a girl who appears to ready to jump” from the fourth floor of a building.
Teachers then attempted to coax the girl, a second-year student at the school, to not jump. A mat was also put in place below the building.
However, the girl jumped, injuring a teacher who attempted to catch her. Both the student and teacher were rushed to a hospital with undisclosed injuries considered serious.
Another nine persons who witnessed the event were also rushed to the hospital after feeling ill, the authorities said.
