Father of alleged bully kills himself

TOKYO - The father of an alleged school bully died in an apparent suicide in a southern Japanese town yesterday, two weeks after…

TOKYO - The father of an alleged school bully died in an apparent suicide in a southern Japanese town yesterday, two weeks after his son was linked to the suicide of a classmate.

The 45 year old man died in a hospital in Chiran, Kagoshima, after swallowing fertiliser the previous day.

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