A 19-year-old French teenager committed suicide by throwing herself in front of a suburban train in Paris and streamed the act live on Periscope, a judicial source said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The unnamed woman “spoke of a rape and named the aggressor” during the filming, the judicial source said, adding that the claims were being treated with caution at this stage.<\/p>\n
The actual death, which took place at a station in Egly to the south of Paris, was removed by Periscope but some of the video leading up to the suicide was still available on YouTube.<\/p>\n
At one point the victim is seen on a couch, saying the video is “not designed to create a buzz… but to make people react, to open their minds, and nothing else”.<\/p>\n
The video then cuts to a black screen, and what appear to be the voices of emergency personnel can be faintly heard. Many messages of concern from Periscope users are seen flashing up on the screen.<\/p>\n
Periscope is a smartphone application that allows users to stream live video via their Twitter account. The video remains accessible for 24 hours.<\/p>\n
An investigation has been opened into the circumstances of the suicide.<\/p>\n
Police said they were informed by someone watching the Periscope stream.<\/p>\n
“We were alerted around 4:30 pm by a Periscope user who was connected with the victim and told us that she was not well,” a police source said<\/p>\n
The victim also sent a text message to a friend just before committing suicide.<\/p>\n
Twitter, which bought Periscope in 2015, said it did not comment on individual accounts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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