A second-year college student has died after jumping from the 7th story of high rise building in his school following heavy losses in World Cup gambling.
The student who, simply identified his surname Lin in news reports, committed suicide after losing a big bet, reportedly over$3000 USD.
A Debt And A Death
A witness who spoke with Information Times said the student might have committed suicide after pressure from loan sharks.
"I heard him say 'do not force me' and 'give me two more days and I'll return you the money'
"He talked on the phone for more than 10 minutes. I saw him hang up and stand up and then all in a sudden he just disappeared," Information Times reported the witness as saying.
“We heard that he borrowed quite a lot of money and the interest rate was rather high,” another student quoted in the report said.
Deadly China Betting
Lin is now the second Chinese to die in World Cup related circumstances after a 51-year-old former footballer, Li Mingqiang, died of 'over-excitement' while watching the Spain-Netherlands match which ended 5-1 in favor of the Orange boys.
China has become the World's gambling capital and just last week, police in Hong busted an illegal World Cup betting ring which raked in an astonishing $600 million USD in one week - an all-time record.
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