Emo Movement Under Fire Over Teenage Hanging

A teenage girl committed suicide because she thought the act would impress fans of emo music, an inquest has been told.

Hannah Bond, 13, hung herself from a bunk bed in her bedroom after telling her parents that she was going to kill herself.

The teenager, who was described by her mother as a “normal girl”, apparently left a suicide note which was signed with the nickname Living Disaster.

The inquest was told that the teenager had lived a double life and was a devout following of emo music.

The coroner in the inquest, Roger Sykes, said he found elements of the emo movement “very disturbing”.

Bond was a fan of My Chemical Romance and had spoken secretly on chatrooms about The Black Parade – which was also the title of the band’s last album.

According to the Telegraph, in a tribute book at the teenager’s school one pupil wrote: “I hope you enjoy the black parade.”

It emerged recently that fans of emo, which stands for emotional, were being attacked in cities across Mexico because of their appearance.

At a concert in the country last month, My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way spoke directly to fans, saying the band “don’t want to see any ****ing violence.”

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