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Mass suicide is one of the strangest and strangest methods of death. Although collective suicide is often brutal and illogical, it has already happened throughout history. The motives for collective suicide varied in antiquity and during the dark ages. It was common for entire groups to commit suicide to avoid being invaders or enemies. In modern times, mass suicide is practiced in the form of rituals by religious groups, sects and other groups that practice magic.

Suicide of followers of the sky gate range - 39 individuals


In March 1997, a catastrophic end to a religious sect called the Gate of Heaven occurred in California when its 39 members were poisoned.

This community was founded by Marcel White, who claimed to be a descendant of Christ and that he should commit suicide with his followers to go on a voyage aboard a spaceship that would bring them to heaven! Indeed, he and his followers committed suicide by taking phenobarbital pills.

Suicide of the Temple of the Sun Temple - 74 individuals


It is a secret society that believes in the existence of the Templars. Their goals are to develop the correct concepts of power and power in the world and to prepare for the return of Christ. Their activities include a blend of the philosophy of Protestant Christianity and modern-day philosophy.

For many years, they were linked to murder and suicide. In 1994, a three-month-old child was killed and then sacrificed for believing that he was "anti-Christ." In October of that year, 48 adults and dead children were found shot.

Suicide of the Ten Commandments in Uganda - 800 individuals


The purpose of the Ten Commandments was to obey the Ten Commandments and preach the Word of Christ. The emphasis on the commandments was so strong that the congregation was encouraged not to speak and on some days they communicated with each other in sign language! Regularly, they ate only one meal on Fridays and Mondays. Sex was forbidden, as was the soap.

The leaders of the movement announced that the end of the world would take place and the suicidal act had already taken place, with some killing themselves with burning inside the church, others with poison and the other by stabbing.

Suicide of the town of Damin 900 people


Towards the end of World War II, hundreds of people committed mass suicide in the city of Damien, Germany. Suicides took place during a state of mass panic triggered by atrocities including rape, murder and looting committed by Soviet army soldiers.

In the spring of 1945, nearly 900 people committed suicide with guns, razor blades and poison, while others slaughtered themselves and some mothers killed their children before they killed themselves. However, not all suicides were successful. Some mothers who drowned their children were unable to drown themselves after In other cases, the poison dose was fatal to children but not to their mothers.

Although the citizens of Damien did not commit suicide at the exact same time, the proximity of suicide and the fact that they killed themselves for the same reasons makes the incident collective suicide.

Jones Town massacre - 918 individuals


Jones town is a group that its members considered a communist and sanctuary group for ethnic and social equality headed by the leader and "prophet" Jim Jones and where brain control strategies were used to brainwash the members of the community and torture them to their fullest.

On the evening of November 18, 1978, more than 900 members of the People's Temple killed themselves, including their leader Jim Jones and 276 children.

On this fateful night, Jones ordered his group to drink a mixture of cyanide-flavored syrup and then inject their young children with the same drink.

Suicide of Sikharian Jews - 960 individuals


A siege by the Roman Empire at the end of the first Jewish-Roman War ended with the mass suicide of more than 900 Jews.

Masada is an ancient fortress in the southern part of Palestine that was taken by the Jewish rebels as a fortress and shelter after the Jewish revolution.

This is the biggest suicides in ancient history.

Suicide of the Poputans in Indonesia - 1,000 people


Honor was the foundation of the ancient kingdoms around the world to the extent that death was better for them than submission. In 1906, a mass suicide campaign was carried out on an island known as Bubutan to avoid enslavement and kidnapping by invaders. Their prince ordered Raja to burn all precious possessions, wear traditional white clothes, and take out all the youngest children to wives and priests.

The priest planted the dagger in the heart of Raja as a sign of the start of the mass suicide ceremony. The entire group begins to kill each other. More than 1,000 people committed suicide on that day and left little to do for the Dutch.

Today, children are taught about the Boubutan and are celebrated by re-representing the incident.

Saipan's collective suicide - 1,000 people


Fighting between US and Japanese forces intensified during the Second World War to seize Saipan Island, where the battle lasted for about a month when Japanese troops lost thousands of troops and their troops were weakened.

In June 1944, the Japanese emperor ordered all soldiers on the island to kill themselves instead of surrendering to the US forces, to one day commit about 1,000 people to throw themselves off the edge of the ocean, now known as the "suicide cliff."

The suicide of cotton farmers in India - 1,500 people


India is facing a major disaster: an upsurge in suicides by farmers, where millions of acres of agricultural crops are destroyed by heavy rains and off-season glaciers. Heavy losses have resulted, with some 225,000 farmers killed between 2000 and 2013

On April 15, 2009, more than 1,500 farmers in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh committed mass suicide using insecticides

The statistics confirm that 3 farmers commit suicide daily due to deteriorating living conditions.

Lithuania's suicide - the largest mass suicide - 4,000 people !!!


In 1336, the largest mass suicide occurred in history, with nearly 4,000 people committed suicide.

The Teutonic soldiers were moving towards Lithuania to occupy them, and the inhabitants realized that they had no ability to defend themselves and land against the invading forces, so they burned their possessions and suicide rather than falling into the hands of their enemies.

Suicide in Lithuania is not something new or strange, but it is considered an important social issue due to the statistics recorded, where Lithuania is the largest country in terms of suicides in Europe and social and financial problems are the main reasons behind the high rate of suicide.




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