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A 32-year-old man has died after allegedly jumping from the fourth floor of Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport yesterday morning.
Airport officials say the man, who held both Australian and Irish passports, fell from an escalator around 6:25am.
Medical personnel attempted to revive him on the scene before he was transported to Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital.
He was pronounced dead around two hours later.
The ABC reports Police Lieutenant Colonel Kawee Ratana said “we checked the CCTV and there was no one else with him, he walked alone from the third floor to the fourth floor.”
Ratana said it was their belief that “it was his intention to harm himself, that nobody threatened him.”
Airport safety director Kittpong Kittikachorn has instructed engineers to install more safety barriers, in addition to the 2.5 metre high glass walls which have already been implemented around the airport.
It’s believed the Irish consulate has made contact with the man’s family.
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