Teenaged girls leap to death together

Two teenaged girls committed suicide together by jumping from a church tower on a Croatian island Tuesday, local media reported. The two eighth-grade students were found dead beneath the 12th century belfry of the St John the Evangelist convent and church on the island Rab, on Croatia's northern Adriatic coast.

The girls, close friends aged 14, reportedly hinted earlier that they would leap from one of the four belltowers in the town of Rab, but were not taken seriously.

They skipped school Tuesday and were seen walking through the town.

Their families went on a search after they failed to return home at the usual time. The bodies were found by a family member. Circumstances were still being investigated, reports said.