Alaska village rocked by youth suicides

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2003

Two teenagers committed suicide and two more attempted suicide within a week in Hooper Bay village in Alaska.

The tragedies struck the small community, which has suffered from two recent deaths. Five years ago, the village saw five suicides of high school students.

Suicide rates among Alaska Natives are three times higher than those of whites in the state.

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