Agence France-PresseApril 13, 2013 23:16
Several hundred people, including the provincial premier, attended the funeral Saturday of a Canadian teen who committed suicide after facing cyberbullying over her alleged rape.
The death of Rehtaeh Parsons, 17, has provoked outrage in Canada and abroad, and police announced Friday they were reopening their investigation into the alleged sexual assault two years ago.
Parsons died in hospital on Sunday in the port city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, after a suicide attempt that her mother blames on the assault and a subsequent barrage of taunts by schoolmates calling her a "slut."
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