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Support meeting follows suicides | Support meeting follows suicides |
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The families and friends of three teenagers who took their own lives within a month have attended a support meeting in County Armagh. | The families and friends of three teenagers who took their own lives within a month have attended a support meeting in County Armagh. |
Local clergyman Reverend Brian Harper said it was important to offer young people a different perspective. | |
He said it was vital "people share together and support one another" in the wake of the triple teenage suicides in the Laurelvale/Tandragee area. | |
The 15-year-olds were all pupils at Craigavon Senior High School. | |
The meeting was also attended by a number of professional counsellors. | The meeting was also attended by a number of professional counsellors. |
It had been suggested, most notably by a Northern Ireland psychologist, that the deaths were part of a suicide pact. | |
However, Rev Harper said while there was no explanation for what had happened, he did not think that any kind of suicide pact was in operation. | However, Rev Harper said while there was no explanation for what had happened, he did not think that any kind of suicide pact was in operation. |
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