(The Manila Times is reposting the article without the identity of the student on the request of his family. — Ed.)

AN 18-year old college student of Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) committed suicide by jumping from the rooftop of a 14-storey condominium in Manila, authorities reported on Thursday.

The student was taking up electronics and communication Engineering (BS-ECE).





According to P/Staff Sgt. Erikson M. Aguilar of the Manila Police District (MPD)-Homicide Section, the incident happened at about 9:10 p.m. on the rooftop of the El Pueblo Condominium in Sta. Mesa, Manila on Wednesday.

The student reportedly fell onto a nearby construction site where he was found by members of the Bacood Police Community Precinct of MPD-Station 8 who were responding to a 911 call.

The student’s friends told the authorities that he sent them a message via Facebook messenger, telling them to come to the rooftop of the condominium.

Upon their arrival, the two said they saw the victim standing on the edge of the rooftop.

The students said before he jumped, the victim told them to tell his mother whom he tried to contact that he wasn’t doing this because of the family and to give away his personal belongings.