A Spanish man killed himself while chatting with friends on Facebook from a Bangkok apartment early today, the Bangkok Post reported.
The victim was found dead sitting in front of a laptop computer in a room on the 11th-floor of an apartment complex on Ratchadaphisek road, said Lt. Col. Apichan Swasdibutra, an investigating officer at Huay Kwang Police Station.
Next to the computer were a glass and a bottle of beer.
The Spanish man posted a message on Facebook stating his intentions to die and apologized to colleagues for leaving them, Lt. Col. Apichan said. He worked as an IT staffer for a cell phone company in Bangkok.
His friends “saw” the suicide attempt and rushed to his apartment, the Post reported. However, when he didn’t respond, the called police, broke into the room and found him dead.
The victim allegedly mixed poison into his beer and drank it while chatting with his friends on Facebook.
