Lesbian kills herself after a break-up

A woman who committed suicide Thursday at a hardware shop in Neihu District, Taipei, yesterday proved to be a lesbian who had allegedly killed herself after a break-up.
The student, 20, identified as Lin Hsiao-chun, was a junior in Chinese Culture University's Department of History,.

Lin entered a hardware shop on Cheng Kung Road in Neihu District, claiming that she wanted to buy a fruit knife. But immediately after taking a sharp knife from the rack, Lin stabbed the knife herself in the chest several times, and died while the shopkeeper was calling police.


Yesterday, a group of students went to the Neihu Police Precinct, suspecting the woman in question was their classmate. They positively identified her, and hinted to police that she had recently experienced romantic difficulties.

After further investigation, police found out that Lin was a lesbian, who had a girlfriend, surnamed Hsu.

Hsu told police she met Lin in September, and began seeing each other. But more than one month later, they reached an agreement to separate.

Hsu continued that she met with Lin Thursday morning for the last time on Cheng Kung Road in Neihu District, but Lin unexpectedly killed herself Thursday afternoon.