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13-year-old Girl takes her own life days after dad posts YouTube video to publicly shame her for bad behaviour

Izabel commits suicide
Moments from the video taken by the dad    Photo: Courtesy

The 13-year-old girl committed suicide after her dad publicly shamed her in a YouTube video.

Izabel Laxamana jumped from a bridge just days after her dad posted a humiliating video of her long hair being chopped off as a punishment.

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