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German teacher dies after jumping off dormitory in C. China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-03-11 13:43

YICHANG-- A German woman died after apparently jumping from the seventh floor of a university staff dormitory building in central China's Hubei Province Wednesday, police said.

The woman, believed to be aged 32, worked as an English teacher at the Yichang-based China Three Gorges University.

Her dormitory on the sixth floor caught fire at 9:30 am and neighbors saw her jump from the top of the seven-story building.

A note that read "Do not resuscitate" in English was found on her body. Fire-fighters have put out the fire.

Police are investigating the cause of the death.