Two teenage girls died after jumping from a high-rise apartment building in Lobnya, a satellite city of Moscow, a spokeswoman for the regional investigation department said.
Two best friends, Yelizaveta Petsylya and Anastasia Korolyova, were holding hands when they jumped from the roof a 14-storey building at about 21.30 Moscow time [17:30 GMT] on Tuesday. They were 12 or 14 years of age, according to various sources.
On Monday evening Korolyova wrote in social networking account: “I hate being asked: “what if your friends decide to jump from the ninth floor? Will you jump too?” Yeah, I will, how can I live without my friends?”
“In order to establish all causes and circumstances have launched a criminal case… on suspicion they were incited to commit suicide,” spokeswoman Irina Gumennaya said.
A Moscow Region police source said the girls had left suicide notes, but refused to disclose the content.
The LifeNews portal said the girls had written in their suicide notes they were afraid of school problems after two weeks of truanting.
