Alan C. Posted February 1, 2013 Posted February 1, 2013 Basketball Player Commits Suicide After Physical Abuse ...the suicide of a high school basketball player in Osaka, Japan has caused a national stir. In a letter he wrote a few days before his death, the 17-year-old captain of the Sakuranomiya High School basketball team detailed the physical abuse he was subjected to at school. The day before he hanged himself, the teenager told his mother that his club adviser -- the equivalent of a coach -- had punched him 30 to 40 times.
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