15-Year-Old Girl Jumps to Death in Sichuan, Kills Father Who Tried to Catch Her The tragic incident has stirred a flood

 15-Year-Old Girl Jumps to Death in Sichuan, Kills Father Who Tried to Catch Her The tragic incident has stirred a flood of comments on Weibo.

After the shocking death of a 2-year-old boy went viral in China earlier today, another tragic story is again top trending on social media. On August 22, authorities in the city of Luzhou in Sichuan stated that on Saturday morning 10:30 a 15-year-old girl jumped from the 25th floor of an apartment building. The girl’s father, a 42-year-old man, attempted to catch his daughter and break her fall. Both father and daughter were killed in the incident. The hashtag “Father killed while trying to catch daughter who jumped off a building” (#父亲欲接坠楼女儿被砸身亡#) received over 460 million views on Weibo on Saturday, with thousands of people discussing the tragic event. Bystander footage of the scene shows (blurred, viewer discretion advised) how people are screaming in horror when the girl jumps to her death.

SEE VIDEO HERE The case is currently still under investigation. Among the flood of comments, there are many who are worried about the mother in this family and offer their condolences: 

“She must be in so much pain.” Some also ponder over the terrible predicament of the girl’s father and a dad’s love for his daughter, writing things such as: “He just relied on his instincts to step forward and open his arms.” There are also many people reflecting on the stress experienced by young people in China, school pressure being a major issue, leading to self-harm or suicide. 

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According to a 2017 news report, suicide is the leading cause of death among young Chinese people. “I can understand both the daughter and the father,” some say: “I can feel the pain in my heart.”