Now this is a Darwin Award.

A teenager committed suicide live on the internet, egged on by others who had logged on to see him do it.

Abraham Biggs, 19, told users on a bodybuilding site he would kill himself that night and invited them to watch the live video.

Those monitoring the web forum ignored his message because they assumed it was a joke. But others posted insults and even encouraged him to kill himself.

Eventually as many as 1,500 signed on to see the desperate act  -  with some urging him to hurry up, apparently believing it a hoax.

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