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Man with weights on neck jumps to death

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Published: June 22, 2012 at 12:59 PM

MOSCOW, June 22 (UPI) -- A man with four weights tied around his neck jumped to his death from a building in Moscow, authorities said.

Investigators said he jumped from a window but did not say what floor of the building he was on.

The weights were tied to his neck with a rope, they said.

The man, whose name was not released, was 29.

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