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One person burned self in Shanghai

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-09-11 15:06

Shanghai -- One person committed suicide by setting himself ablaze in Shanghai's historic riverside Bund at around 11 a.m. on Thursday, local police said.

Police are investigating the identity of this person and the cause of the suicide, saying the corpse is too burned to tell even the gender.